| 1990 - | Latvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union |
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| 1982 - | HMS Sheffield, in the Falkland conflict, was struck and destroyed by a missile |
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| 1979 - | Margaret Thatcher became first woman Prime Minister of Britain |
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| 1953 - | The Duke of Edinburgh gained his pilot's 'wings' |
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| 1926 - | The General Strike began; it didn't end until the 12th May |
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| 1910 - | Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent |
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| 1910 - | Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy |
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| 1910 - | Tel Aviv founded |
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| 1907 - | Large numbers of immigrants were entering the USA (up to 5,000 per day) |
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| 1904 - | Work began on the Panama Canal, Central America |
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| 1896 - | The first issue of the 'Daily Mail' newspaper was published |
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| 1879 - | William Froude, English engineer and mathematician, died |
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| 1825 - | Thomas Huxley, English naturalist, was born |
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