Statue of Saddam Hussein toppled on April 9, 2003

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In “the Trial of the Century,” Bruno Richard Hauptmann went before a New Jersey jury in 1935 for the murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s baby son. In Germany, the Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of citizenship. Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The first canned beer went on sale in Richmond, Virginia, and Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio. Lawrence of Arabia died in England following a motorcycle accident, and Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.

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Middle Eastern History ‑ This Day In History

Palestinian‑American public intellectual Edward Said is born

Street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi self‑immolates in Tunisia, igniting the Arab Spring

23‑year‑old peace activist Rachel Corrie is crushed to death by Israeli bulldozer

The United Arab Emirates is formed

Baghdad falls to U.S. forces

Terrorists attack Ahmadiyya mosques in Pakistan

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Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto assassinated