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1922 – Joseph Stalin became the first general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. | "Article too long" yellow banner |
1936 – Richard Hauptmann was executed in the electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the " Lindbergh baby". | lots of CN tags |
1944 – Philippine resistance against Japan: Cebuano fishermen discovered the Koga papers after a plane crash killed Admiral Mineichi Koga, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet. | Date not mentioned in target article |
1946 – Imperial Japanese Army officer Masaharu Homma was executed for war crimes committed during the Bataan Death March. | Citations needed |
1948 – The Marshall Plan, an economic recovery program established by U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall to assist the post- World War II re-building of Europe, was signed into law. | refimprove section |
1948 – Division of Korea: A communist uprising began on Jeju Island, eventually leading to thousands of deaths and atrocities committed by both sides. | POV orange banner |
1961 – An individual Leadbeater's possum, thought to have been extinct for over 50 years, was discovered in New South Wales, Australia. | lots of CN tags |
1966 – Luna 10 entered orbit around the Moon, becoming the first space probe to orbit an astronomical body other than Earth. | refimprove |
1971 – The Japanese tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider premiered, the first property in a long-running media franchise. | refimprove sections |
1973 – On a New York City street, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper made the first public call on a handheld mobile phone. | Cooper: refimprove section; Phone: expansion, outdated |
1974 – The Super Outbreak of 148 tornadoes began, killing at least 315 people and injuring 5,484 in 13 US states at the end of a very strong La Niña event. | needs more footnotes |
1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, was unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. | Too much uncited |
2008 – Texas law enforcement authorities raided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' YFZ Ranch, eventually removing 533 women and children from the premises. | lead too short |