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Kosovo War: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty. |
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First man jailed for male rape -
Andrew Richards is imprisoned for life for the attempted rape of another man in the first case of its kind in Britain.
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The congress of the Italian party Proletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party. |
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The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. |
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Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he was not released until 1991). |
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Margaret Thatcher wins a second term by a landslide in the British General Election with a majority of 144 for her Conservative Party. Tony Blair is elected for the first time to Parliament. |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens the priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men. |
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First live broadcast of Parliament -
The first live transmission from the House of Commons is broadcast by BBC Radio and commercial stations.
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King Hussein escapes gunman's bullet -
King Hussein of Jordan escapes an assassination attempt after gunmen open fire on his motorcade as it drives near his summer palace.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy |
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Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six-Day War. |
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The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles. |
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Queen opens revamped Gatwick -
The Queen has opened an extended airport at Gatwick, south of London, modernised at a cost of £7m.
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World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, since 1941 occupied by Finland. |
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Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed at the Illinois Central train station during rush hour by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone. |
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Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup. |
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U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking |
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Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland) |
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Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California. |
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Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States. |
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Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging. |
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