| 1983 - | Sally Ride became the first US woman in space; onboard the space shuttle |
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| 1972 - | 118 people died in the UK's worst air disaster |
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| 1970 - | The Conservative Party won the General Election |
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| 1969 - | Israeli jets made bombing raids on Jordan |
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| 1946 - | A Palestine curfew was imposed by the ruling British |
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| 1928 - | US aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic |
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| 1910 - | 16th US Golf Open |
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| 1909 - | Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women |
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| 1903 - | 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later |
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| 1900 - | Empress DouairiŠre orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners |
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| 1900 - | Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy |
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| 1898 - | The first ever steel pier was opened in the United States |
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| 1817 - | Waterloo Bridge, in London, was opened |
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| 1815 - | The Battle of Waterloo took place; Wellington defeating Napoleon |
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