The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
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A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.
Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
