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Notable Global, Political, and Space Events Across 1520 to 1990
A historical snapshot lists events from 1520 Luther defying papal edict to 1990 Gorbachev stand-in accepting Nobel Peace Prize. Highlights include Mississippi statehood 1817, Spanish-American War end 1898, Roosevelt Nobel Peace Prize 1906, Jane Addams Nobel 1931, Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, Bunche Nobel 1950, King Nobel 1964, Otis Redding death 1967, Jenrette resignation 1980, Armand Hammer death and Columbia shuttle return 1990, and Norplant approval.
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Paris
Theodore Roosevelt
Jane Addams
U.N. General Assembly
Ralph J. Bunche
FBI
Abscam
Mikhail Gorbachev
Armand Hammer
Food and Drug Administration
Associated Press