1-Jan-96
J.D. Salinger, US author, 1919 was born.
Johann Christian Bach, German composer, 1782 died.
Great Britain, the Irish Republic and Denmark joined the EEC, 1973;
The electric chairwas adopted in New York for capital punishement, 1889;
Britain proclaimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, 1833.
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