| 1980 - | Protests in West Bank of Israel took place |
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| 1970 - | Tonga became independent |
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| 1946 - | Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Finnish mathematician who pioneered solutions for differential equations, died |
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| 1944 - | Allied forces entered the Italian city of Rome |
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| 1942 - | The Japanese suffered heavy losses at Midway Island |
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| 1938 - | Sigmund Freud left Austria for refuge in London |
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| 1913 - | An English suffragette threw herself in front of the King's horse during the Derby |
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| 1907 - | Automatic washer and dryer introduced |
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| 1903 - | A new element, Polonium, was discovered by Curie husband & wife team |
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