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TL;DR
- Leon Trotsky was exiled by the Soviet government in 1929.
- Cuba was expelled from the OAS in 1962.
- The Videla dictatorship in Argentina banned songs by Joan Manuel Serrat and The Beatles in 1976.
- Coins with the effigy of King Juan Carlos began circulating in Spain in 1976.
- The first McDonald's branch opened in Moscow in 1990.
- The United Kingdom officially left the European Union in 2020.
- The European Union currently has 27 member countries.
- Notable births include Franz Schubert (composer), Patricia Velásquez (actress), and Justin Timberlake (singer).
- Notable deaths include José Félix Ribas (military leader) and San Juan Bosco (priest and educator).
- Edwin Armstrong, credited with inventing FM radio, was born in 1890 and died in 1954.
- A telegraph line between Venezuela and Colombia was completed in 1882.
- Rafael Bolívar Coronado, author of 'Alma llanera', died in 1924.