1941- Joseph Stalin assumes supreme command of the Red Army that led the Soviet Union during World War II.
1960- Ivory Coast achieves independence from France.
1960- Cuba nationalizes all U.S. companies and properties.
1998- Two car bombs explode at the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people and wounding 4500 others.
Born today
1904- Ralph Johnson Bunche, an American political.
Passed away
479- Tenno Yuryaku, Emperor of Japan.
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