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1918- Costa Rica declares war on Germany during the World War I.
1949- The Federal Republic of West Germany is proclaimed.
1967- Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser declares the Gulf of Aqaba closed to the Israeli shipping.
1997- Mohammad Khatami wins the presidential elections in Iran.
2009-Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun commits suicide.
Born Today:
1707- Swedish Botanist Carl Linnaeus.
1908- American physicist and electrical engineer, John Bardeen.
Passed Away:
1857-French mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy.
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