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The first Abu Ghraib torture pictures are published
The images aired in a 60 Minutes II report showed gross human rights violations, including torture and murder, committed by U.S. soldiers and CIA personnel in the Baghdad prison.
Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist in history
A Russian rocket transported the Californian billionaire to the International Space Station (ISS).
Former CIA officer Aldrich Ames admits he forwarded U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union
Ames was sentenced to life imprisonment for his activities which amounted to one of the most damaging spy cases in U.S. history.
Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France
De Gaulle founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and became its first President a year later.
- 1974 Penélope Cruz
Spanish/American actress - 1948 Terry Pratchett
English author - 1937 Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician, 5th President of Iraq - 1916 Ferruccio Lamborghini
Italian businessman, created Lamborghini - 1908 Oskar Schindler
Czech/German businessman
- 1992 Francis Bacon
Irish painter - 1949 Aurora Quezon
Filipino wife of Manuel L. Quezon, 2nd First Lady of the Philippines - 1946 Louis Bachelier
French mathematician - 1945 Benito Mussolini
Italian politician, Dictator of Italy - 1716 Louis de Montfort
French priest, saint
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