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The Bayer company in Germany sells aspirin in the form of water-soluble tablets, the first medication of its kind -
D.W. Griffith directs "In Old California", which was the first film shot in the California village of Hollywood -
Women are granted the right to vote with the 19th Amendment in the United States -
Germany takes control of Russia in order to secure the country's oil fields -
In response to the Soviet atom bomb, President Truman announces developing a hydrogen bomb -
Birth control pill gets FDA approval in the US and goes on sale -
President Nixon sends US troops into Cambodia to destroy Vietminh bases -
Republican Ronald Reagan wins the US presidential election against Jimmy Carter -
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in the movie, "Pretty Woman" -
The US Senate begins an impeachment trial of President Clinton for perjury and obstruction