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1999: Macau made an administrative region of China.On this day in 1999, 12 years after an agreement was reached between China and Portugal, several centuries of Portuguese rule ended in Macau when it became a special administrative region under Chinese sovereignty.More events on this day1989:The United States launched Operation Just Cause, a military invasion of Panama, the initial attack focusing primarily on the Panama City headquarters of leader Manuel Noriega. |
1974:Ethiopia was declared a socialist state under the leadership of Mengistu Haile Mariam. |
1971:Pakistani President Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan transferred power to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. |
1960:The Vietnamese National Liberation Front was formed, with the purpose of effecting the reunification of North and South Vietnam. |
1860:Following Abraham Lincoln's election as U.S. president, South Carolina became the first U.S. state to secede from the Union. |
1841:French educator Ferdinand-Édouard Buisson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1927 (jointly with the German pacifist Ludwig Quidde), was born. |
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