| 1992 - | The European Community began a trade ban on Serbia for its actions in Bosnia |
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| 1990 - | Poland held its first free elections in over fifty years |
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| 1988 - | Syrian troops took up positions in South Beirut, Lebanon |
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| 1952 - | The European Defence Community Treaty was signed |
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| 1941 - | The German battleship 'Bismark' was sunk off the coast of France |
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| 1940 - | The evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began |
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| 1937 - | The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA, was opened |
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| 1936 - | The liner 'Queen Mary' left on her maiden voyage to New York |
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| 1930 - | There was widespread unrest in India as Gandhi was arrested |
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| 1910 - | Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, died |
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| 1907 - | Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF |
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| 1906 - | 1st outlining of Gustav Mahlers 6th symphony, in Essen |
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| 1905 - | 30th Preakness |
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| 1905 - | Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima |
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| 1904 - | NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants) |
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| 1903 - | 37th Belmont |
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| 1903 - | Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam |
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| 1902 - | 27th Preakness |
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| 1900 - | Lord Roberts army fights the Vaal in S Africa |
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| 1897 - | John Cockcroft, English physicist, was born |
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