| 1989 - | Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian leader, died |
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| 1988 - | Prince Charles was listed in the top 130 eccentrics list |
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| 1984 - | The occupation of the Golden Temple at Amritsar ended |
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| 1967 - | Egypt closed the Suez canal as Israel seized Gaza |
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| 1966 - | The American spacecraft, Gemini 9, completed 45 orbits of the Earth |
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| 1961 - | Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, died |
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| 1954 - | The Pope opened the eight nation TV network called Eurovision |
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| 1945 - | Russians found what was believed to be Hitlers body |
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| 1944 - | The invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces began |
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| 1911 - | Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified) |
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| 1905 - | French Foreign minister Delcass‚ resigns on German request |
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| 1904 - | National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ |
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