International Red Cross organized in Geneva, Switzerland (1863)

UN International Atomic Energy Agency established (1956)

Mother Teresa founded her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India (1950)

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Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist philosopher and author (The Praise of Folly), born (1466)

First Pacific communications satellite Intelsat 2 launched (1966)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, lawyer, First Lady (1993-2001), and politician, born (1947)

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Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Clanton gang engaged in a shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone Az. (1881)

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Du Pont invented new synthetic fiber nylon (1938)

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