The Mercury News Weekend

TODAY IN HISTORY

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1945

Twenty-two former nazi officials went on trial before An internatio­nal war crimes tribunal in Germany. (Twelve were 0ere sentenced to death in 1946.)

1962

President John F. Kennedy Announced the end of the nazal quarantine of cuba imposed during the missile crisis, And the signing of An executize order prohibitin­g discrimina­tion in federal housing facilities.

1967

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Clock At the Commerce Department ticked past 200 million.

1985

The first version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was officially released.

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