| 1988 - | A live broadcast from the top of Mt Everest was made for the first time, by Japanese TV |
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| 1980 - | SAS commandoes stormed the Iranian Embassy, freeing the 19 hostages held there |
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| 1961 - | Alan Shepard became the first American into space |
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| 1952 - | The Queen took up residence at Buckingham Palace |
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| 1942 - | The Battle of Coral Sea, in the Pacific, took place |
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| 1930 - | Aviator Amy Johnson left Croydon on her solo flight to Australia |
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| 1908 - | 34th Kentucky Derby |
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| 1908 - | Great White Fleet arrives in SF |
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| 1905 - | Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper Chicago Defender |
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| 1904 - | Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila As (3-0) |
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| 1902 - | The German government denied women the right to political association |
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| 1900 - | The Billboard began weekly publication |
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| 1821 - | Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emporer, died at St. Helena |
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| 1751 - | The Portuguese government took steps to curb the Inquisitions powers |
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| 1512 - | Gerardus Mercator (Gerhard Kremer), German cartographer, was born |
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