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Events
1910 – Japan illicitly annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon.
Births
1917 – John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
Deaths
1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, first Prime Minister of Kenya (b. c. 1892)
