| 1987 - | Soviet & Canadian skiers became first to cross from one country to another via Pole |
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| 1983 - | The first balck person was elected to French Academy |
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| 1979 - | Pope John Paul II returned to Poland, his homeland |
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| 1966 - | The American spacecraft Surveyor 1 made the first US lunar soft landing |
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| 1953 - | The summit of worlds tallest mountain, Everest, was reached for first time |
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| 1953 - | The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place |
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| 1941 - | Because of Word War 2, clothes rationing in the UK began |
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| 1910 - | 1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England) |
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| 1910 - | Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea |
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| 1909 - | 43rd Belmont |
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| 1908 - | 33rd Preakness |
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| 1904 - | Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis |
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| 1903 - | Netherlands Korfball League forms |
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| 1903 - | Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers |
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| 1902 - | 2nd statewide initiative and referendum law adopted, in Oregon |
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| 1901 - | Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY) |
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| 1887 - | Julian Huxley, English biologist, was born |
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