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Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953 - )July 15th, 1953
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, born on this day in 1953, is a liberation theologian who became Haiti's first democratically elected president in 1990, serving off and on as the country's president until the 2004 coup d'état.
Lebanon Crisis (1958)July 15th, 1958
On this day in 1958, the U.S. invaded Lebanon with 54,000 troops in the name of anti-communism, occupying the Port of Beirut and Beirut International Airport, its first overt military action in the Middle East.
Image: Lebanese people greeting a USMC LVTP-5 entering Beirut