| 1986 - | The South African banning order on Winnie Mandella was lifted |
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| 1985 - | Robert Mugabe became the first President of the newly named Zimbabwe |
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| 1976 - | The Queen arrived in the United States for the bicentenial celebrations |
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| 1971 - | The US Apollo 15 spacecraft returned from its lunar landing mission |
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| 1967 - | Francis Chichester, the yachtsman, was knighted by the Queen |
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| 1955 - | The television classic 'Dixon of Dock Green' was first shown |
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| 1941 - | United States armed forces arrived in Iceland |
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| 1929 - | The Vatican City State, with the Pope as leader, was created |
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| 1911 - | 28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis |
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| 1911 - | Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, Jun-00 in a record |
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| 1908 - | Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay |
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| 1905 - | 127øF (53øC), Parker Ariz (state record) |
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| 1900 - | Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory |
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| 1890 - | The electric chair was used for the first time in the United States |
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| 1854 - | Georg Ohm, German physicist, died |
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