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On This Day in History

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  1. Six-Day War War & conflict
  2. Six-Day War: Israel captures the Gaza Strip War & conflict
  3. Start of the Six-Day War War & conflict
  4. The Continental Congress drafts the United States Declaration of Independence Politics & state
  5. Battle of Belleau Wood War & conflict
  6. Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Attempt Politics & state
  7. Dunkirk evacuation ends War & conflict
  8. The Battle of France begins during World War II War & conflict
  9. Launch of Mars Express Science & discovery
  10. Magna Carta signing Politics & state
  11. Formation of the Union of South Africa Politics & state
  12. Wright brothers patent their Flying Machine Technology
  13. First Ascent of Mount Everest Exploration
  14. The Spanish Armada sets sail War & conflict
  15. The Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima War & conflict
  16. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is first published Media
  17. John F. Kennedy announces the goal of sending a man to the Moon Technology
  18. The Brooklyn Bridge Opening Technology
  19. EU General Data Protection Regulation Technology
  20. Wright brothers' patent Technology
  21. Charles Lindbergh lands near Paris Exploration
  22. The Battle of Crete War & conflict
  23. Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor Politics & state
  24. Brown v. Board of Education Politics & state
  25. The first working laser demonstration Technology
  26. Austrian State Treaty Politics & state
  27. Establishment of the State of Israel Politics & state
  28. The Battle of France begins during World War II War & conflict
  29. WannaCry ransomware attack Technology
  30. Minnesota Statehood Politics & state
  31. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Politics & state
  32. First birth control pill approval Science & discovery
  33. The Battle of the Coral Sea War & conflict
  34. German Surrender War & conflict
  35. Opening of the Channel Tunnel Technology
  36. Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London War & conflict
  37. Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister Politics & state
  38. Post-war Japanese constitution Politics & state
  39. Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin War & conflict
  40. First American in space Science & discovery
  41. World Wide Web Release Technology
  42. Fall of Saigon War & conflict
  43. Liberation of Dachau concentration camp War & conflict
  44. Sierra Leone's independence from the United Kingdom Politics & state
  45. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Natural disaster
  46. Construction of the Suez Canal Technology
  47. First YouTube video upload Technology
  48. Vladimir Komarov becomes the first person to die during a space mission Science & discovery
  49. Paris Agreement signing Politics & state
  50. Birth of Elizabeth II People
  51. Columbine High School massacre War & conflict
  52. Oklahoma City bombing War & conflict
  53. 1906 San Francisco earthquake Natural disaster
  54. Bay of Pigs invasion War & conflict
  55. Apollo 16 Moon Landing Science & discovery
  56. Sinking of the Titanic Natural disaster
  57. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln War & conflict
  58. Apollo 13 Accident Technology
  59. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space Science & discovery
  60. Trial of Adolf Eichmann War & conflict