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When Apolo Anton Ohno entered the world, these stories made the front page of the nation's newspapers: In Knoxville, Tennessee, the World's Fair opens. On the 30th, Spain becomes the first new member of NATO since1955. The New Jersey Supreme Court upholds a state law mandating sex education in New Jersey classrooms. On the 18th, the founder and worldwide leader of the Unification Church, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, is found guilty in a federal court of tax evasion. He faced up to 14 years in prison. On the 24th, Iranian forces capture the port city of Khurramshahr from Iraq and take 30,000 Iraqi soldiers as prisoners of war.
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