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WRLD: 1999 - 1st Nigerian election since 1983 throws off 15 years of military rule

SPRT: 1960 - US Hockey team, on home ice, upsets USSR to qualify for medal round - 20 years before Miracle on Ice

OTHR: 1617 - Treaty of Stolbovo ends war, Swedish meddling in Russian affairs, and Russian access to Baltic Sea

BDAY: Ralph Nader; Ariel Sharon; John Steinbeck; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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