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1918 - Birth of Robert Wadlow Alton Illinois, world's tallest man (8 feet 11.1 inches).

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1919 - Protocols for an alliance among France, Great Britain, and the USA are agreed on: Great Britain and USA make guarantees to France in the event of German aggression. The Rhineland is to be under Allied occupation for fifteen years. The document is signed by US President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister David Lloyd George.

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1919 - Birth of Donald Cram US, biochemist (Nobel Prize 1987).

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1920 - Birth of Hal March San Francisco California; actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage).

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1920 - Birth of Jos de Haes Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word).

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1922 - Birth of Charles Mingus in Arizona, USA; jazz musician (Pithecanthropus Erectus) (dies 1979).

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1922 - Birth of Lou Stein Philadelphia Pennsylvania, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark).

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1922 - Birth of Richard C Diebenkorn Jr US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings).

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1922 - South Ossetian Autonomous Region is established in Georgian SSR.

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1923 - Birth of Aaron Spelling in Dallas, Texas; TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels, Melrose Place, Dynasty, The Love Boat, Starsky and Hutch, The Mod Squad) (dies 2006).

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