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30 Dec 1989, Prague, Czech Republic --- A supporter of new Czech president Vaclav Havel shows a "V" sign for victory (and Vaclav) and a poster of Havel on the day after Havel's election by the National Assembly on December 29, 1989. With that day's popularly acclaimed elections, the Assembly overturned the former Communist regime, completing the "Velvet Revolution." --- Image by © Owen Franken/CORBIS

