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<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size=2><B>Michael Jordan</B></FONT> </P>
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<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size=2>Considered by many the greatest all-around player
in the history of <A
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American <A
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(“Air”) Jordan</A>, who was born this day in 1963, led
the Chicago Bulls to six <A
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championships (1991–93, 1996–98).</FONT> </P><BR>
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<DIV align=center><FONT
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size=2>"There's Michael, then there's all the rest
of us." <BR><BR><B>Basketball player Magic
Johnson</B></FONT> </DIV></TD></TR>
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width=3><BR>Vietnam invaded by China</B></FONT> </P>
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<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size=2><B>1979: </B>After the <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe601172756c057a7611-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Vietnam
War</A>, <A
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bolstered its ties with the <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5e1172756c057a7613-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Soviet
Union</A> rather than with <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5d1172756c057a761c-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">China</A>,
and, following a series of anti-Chinese, pro-Soviet
maneuvers by Vietnam, China invaded its southern
neighbour this day in 1979.</FONT>
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<TD vAlign=top width="94%"><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333333
size=2>1996: An earthquake and an accompanying <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5c1172756c057a761d-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">tsunami</A>
in <A
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left 108 people dead, 423 injured, and 58
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<TD vAlign=top width="94%"><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333333
size=2>1955: British Minister of Defense <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe631172756c057a7115-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Harold
Macmillan</A> announced plans to develop and produce <A
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bombs</A>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top width="94%"><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333333
size=2>1897: The <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe611172756c057a7117-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">National
Congress of Parents and Teachers</A>, better known as
the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), was founded in
Washington, D.C., as the National Congress of
Mothers.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top width="94%"><FONT
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size=2>1843: The British annexed most of what is now <A
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province in Pakistan after winning the <A
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of
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