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A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.

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"The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last US Number 1 song.

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Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the USSR, is discovered.

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A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.

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Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.

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World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deat...
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Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the M...
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Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.

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Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.

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Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.

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Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augus...
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The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.

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A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world.

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Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosov...
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Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.

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In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.

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Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted...
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An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.

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Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic.

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The Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-...
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Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.

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David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.

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The fast food restaurant chain Popeyes is founded in Arabi, Louisiana.

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The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unco...
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Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.

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Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beck...
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Pope Pius Xii Canonises Dominic Savio

Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest non-mart...
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American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan.

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Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). 1,180 Jews are led to the city's ol...
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Holocaust: Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.

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World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

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Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.

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At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded

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New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.

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Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.

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78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland.

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American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor

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The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.

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The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.

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American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonis...
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French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg

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England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).

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First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.

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Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.

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Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, ...
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An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians.

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Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.