Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
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Hitler declared that all of Germany's Jews must be relocated, and Polish Jews found outside of their ghettos would be shot on sight.
Charlie Chaplin's satirical movie 'The Great Dictator' was released in the US.
Aviation pioneers, the Montgolfier brothers, made the first human ascent in a hot air balloon.
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche celebrated his 44th birthday by beginning his autobiography 'Ecce Homo,' which was published in 1908.
The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.
