1790 Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) 1877 Thomas Edison's Phonograph is announced by Scientific American 1885 Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan 1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu 1990 Lech Wałęsa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president 2010 Repeal of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell policy", a 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the US military, signed into law by President Barack Obama | 
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