Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow.
Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
The People's Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu River to fight United Nations forces.
Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
Roman Catholic priest from Poland, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is murdered by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.
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