1992 Dedication of Australian Vietnam Veterans' National Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by the Prime Minister, the Hon Paul Keating

2333 -BC- Tangun establishes kingdom of Chosun (Korea) (legendary)

1929 Yugoslavia formed, uniting three separate kingdoms

1952 Britain tests its first atomic bomb, on an island off the coast of Australia

1966 Basutoland becomes the independent Lesotho

1990 Germany officially reunified, with Berlin the capital city

1897 The birth of Louis Aragon, French poet

1916 The birth of James Herriot, Scottish vet and author

1925 The birth of Gore Vidal, American author

1941 The birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer

2005 St. Tammany Parish Schools reopen in Louisiana just over a month after Hurricane Katrina closed them.

2005 Death of Ronnie Barker, British comic actor (b. 1929)

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