On this day:
1964: The Tokyo Summer Olympics Begin, the first Olympics to be held in Asia
1967: Outer Space Treaty is Enforced, which regulated the exploration and use of outer space and created the field of international space law.
1970: Fijian independence from Britain
2010: The Country of Netherlands Antilles is DissolvedÂ
Born on this day:
1813: Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer
1861: Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate
1930: Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director, actor, Nobel Prize laureate
Gone on this day:
1875: Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, author, playwright
2004: Christopher Reeve, American actor
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