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age 90. • In 1932, Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out "for all or nothing." • In 1934, the satirical comic strip "Li'l Abner," created by Al Capp, made its debut. • In 1960, the first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1. The Central African Republic became totally independent of French rule. • In 1961, East Germany sealed off the border between Berlin's eastern and western sectors and began building a wall that would stand for the next 28 years. • In 1981, in a ceremony at his California ranch, President Ronald Reagan signed a historic package of tax and budget reductions. • In 1989, searchers in Ethiopia found the wreckage of a plane which had disappeared almost a week earlier while carrying Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, and 14 other people -- there were no survivors. •
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