| 1992 - | UN forces took control of Sarajevo airport, allowing aid flights to land |
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| 1990 - | Brois Yeltsin was elected leader of the Russian Federation |
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| 1982 - | Pope John Paul II beagn a trip to the UK, the first Pope for over 450 years |
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| 1979 - | Zimbabwes first black bishop was appointed |
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| 1940 - | British forces began their evacuation from Dunkirk, France |
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| 1919 - | Einstein's theories were given a practical test during an eclipse |
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| 1912 - | British dockworkers went on strike for a minimum wage |
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| 1911 - | 1st running of Indianapolis 500 |
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| 1911 - | William Gilbert, of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas fame, died |
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| 1910 - | Popes encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers |
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| 1909 - | Frank Home Run Bakers 1st career home run |
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| 1905 - | Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania |
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| 1902 - | Dutch State Mine law forms |
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| 1900 - | 25th Preakness |
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| 1900 - | Trademark Escalator registered by Otis Elevator Co |
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| 1829 - | Humphry Davy, English scientist who invented a safety lamp for miners, died |
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| 1829 - | Humphry Davy, inventor of the mining safety lamp, died |
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