| 1994 - | Nelson Mandella was sworn in as the president of South Africa |
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| 1983 - | Natal, in South Africa, became self governing |
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| 1977 - | Joan Crawford, the American film actress, died |
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| 1941 - | The House of Commons was destroyed by a the largest German air raid of the war |
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| 1940 - | Winston Churchill took over from Neville Chamberlin as Prime Minister |
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| 1933 - | Nazis burned books outside Berlin University that were 'un-German' |
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| 1915 - | Zeppelin airships made their first raids on London |
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| 1910 - | 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England) |
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| 1910 - | 36th Kentucky Derby |
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| 1910 - | Comet Halleys closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass |
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| 1910 - | The maximum lifetime of a parliament was changed from seven to five years |
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| 1909 - | Winchesters Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning |
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| 1908 - | 1st Mothers Day observed (Phila) |
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| 1907 - | Paul Dukas opera Ariane et Barbe Bleue, premieres in Paris |
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| 1906 - | Russias Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time |
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| 1905 - | 31st Kentucky Derby |
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| 1896 - | The American transcontinental railroad was completed |
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| 1566 - | Leonhard Fuchs, German physician and botanist, died |
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