The world’s largest Legoland theme park opened in Winter Haven, Florida.
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At 11 years old, Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln, saying he should grow a beard.
Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
Ernest Hemingway's 'To Have and Have Not' was published in the US.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black-rights political organization, Black Panther Party.
The Statue of Liberty's fingers, which clasp the handle of her torch, was fully installed.