Event:
The legality of the United States' plans to strike Syria without UN backing are called into question by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
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1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars and returns photos
1971 John Lennon leaves U.K. for New York City, never to return
1964 U.S. attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns
