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The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection |
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Same-sex marriage comes into force in Belgium |
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The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam. |
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Nepal royal family massacred - The heir to the throne of Himalayan kingdom of Nepal massacres the royal family before turning the gun on himself.
Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. |
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Serb attack on football match kills 11 -
Serb forces shell a football match in Bosnia killing 11 people, including four children. |
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George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production |
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Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. |
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End of white rule in Rhodesia -
Rhodesia formally ends nearly 90 years of white minority rule and declares it will now be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia |
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British Prime Minister hit by flying egg -
The Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has been hit in the face with an egg thrown by a Young conservative demonstrator. |
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The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released |
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De Gaulle returns to tackle Algeria -
France's General Charles de Gaulle is invited back to the helm as the crisis in Algeria threatens to bring civil war to France itself. |
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British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. |
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World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. |
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The first driving tests are introduced in the United Kingdom. |
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Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms. |
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Anne Boleyn crowned queen. |
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Roman Emperor Didius Julianus assassinated. . |
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