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1915-Theodore Roosevelt criticizes the concept of dual nationality for US immigrants

1960-Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session

1975-Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in seven centuries

1976-Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Zedong as chairman of Communist Party

1977-U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to Univ. of Calif. Med School, but decided to uphold affirmative action

1978-Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington

1985-Int'l Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receive Nobel Prize

1988-Israel and China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations

1992-Expo '92 closes in Seville, Spain