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World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied t...
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Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
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TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Lebanese Islamist organization Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
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Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
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Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conque...
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World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
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John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
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Norway grants women the right to vote.
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