| 1978 - | NASA selected its first women astronauts, 15 years after the USSR had a female astronaut orbit the Earth. |
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| 1978 - | The first ever American women astronauts were selected by NASA |
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| 1972 - | The military staged a coup in the African country of Ghana |
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| 1964 - | The first 'Beatles' release in the USA sold 1 million copies in three weeks |
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| 1945 - | The Soviet 'Red' army occupied the Hungarian city of Budapest |
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| 1941 - | James Joyce, the Irish born novelist, died in Zurich |
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| 1912 - | -40øF (-40øC), Oakland, Maryland (state record) |
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| 1911 - | Gerhart Hauptmanns Die Ratten, premieres in Berlin |
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| 1911 - | Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay |
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| 1911 - | South Africas 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide |
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| 1910 - | Opera was broadcast on the radio for the first time - Enrico Caruso singing from the stage of New York`s Metropolitan Opera House. |
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| 1910 - | JM Synges Deirdre of the Sorrows, premieres in Dublin |
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| 1910 - | Opera was broadcast over the radio for the very first time |
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| 1908 - | French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip |
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| 1908 - | Stanley Cup |
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| 1906 - | 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile |
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| 1902 - | Textile workers strike in Enschede Neth till June 1 |
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| 1893 - | The British Independent Labour Party was formed |
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