| 1986 - | A UN report estimated that 50,000 africans had AIDS |
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| 1978 - | Figures suggested that China had detained 110,000 people since 1957 |
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| 1977 - | Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 25 years on the throne |
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| 1975 - | The Suez canal re-opened after eight years |
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| 1968 - | US Senator Robert Kennedy was shot and killed in Los Angeles |
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| 1967 - | The six day war in the Middle East, between Israel & its neighbours, began |
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| 1911 - | Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 4-May win |
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| 1907 - | Automatic washer and dryer are introduced |
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| 1900 - | Lord Roberts army occupies Pretoria |
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| 1883 - | John Maynard Keynes, English economist, was born |
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| 1833 - | Ada Lovelace (future first computer programmer) met Charles Babbage. |
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