Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
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Ernest Hemingway's 'To Have and Have Not' was published in the US.
The world's largest Legoland theme park opened in Winter Haven, Florida.
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche celebrated his 44th birthday by beginning his autobiography 'Ecce Homo,' which was published in 1908.
The children's novel 'Charlotte's Web' was published by E. B. White.
The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.