Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft skimmed by Jupiter's moon, Lo, at just 112 miles (180 km).
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black-rights political organization, Black Panther Party.
The world's largest Legoland theme park opened in Winter Haven, Florida.
At 11 years old, Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln, saying he should grow a beard.
Aviation pioneers, the Montgolfier brothers, made the first human ascent in a hot air balloon.
