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On This Day in History

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  1. WannaCry ransomware attack Technology
  2. Minnesota Statehood Politics & state
  3. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Politics & state
  4. First birth control pill approval Science & discovery
  5. The Battle of the Coral Sea War & conflict
  6. German Surrender War & conflict
  7. Opening of the Channel Tunnel Technology
  8. Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London War & conflict
  9. Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister Politics & state
  10. Post-war Japanese constitution Politics & state
  11. Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin War & conflict
  12. First American in space Science & discovery
  13. World Wide Web Release Technology
  14. Fall of Saigon War & conflict
  15. Liberation of Dachau concentration camp War & conflict
  16. Sierra Leone's independence from the United Kingdom Politics & state
  17. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Natural disaster
  18. Construction of the Suez Canal Technology
  19. First YouTube video upload Technology
  20. Vladimir Komarov becomes the first person to die during a space mission Science & discovery
  21. Paris Agreement signing Politics & state
  22. Birth of Elizabeth II People
  23. Columbine High School massacre War & conflict
  24. Oklahoma City bombing War & conflict
  25. 1906 San Francisco earthquake Natural disaster
  26. Bay of Pigs invasion War & conflict
  27. Apollo 16 Moon Landing Science & discovery
  28. Sinking of the Titanic Natural disaster
  29. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln War & conflict
  30. Apollo 13 Accident Technology
  31. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space Science & discovery
  32. Trial of Adolf Eichmann War & conflict
  33. RMS Titanic Begins Maiden Voyage Exploration
  34. US forces capture Baghdad War & conflict
  35. Treaty of San Francisco Politics & state
  36. Rwandan Genocide War & conflict
  37. Rwandan genocide War & conflict
  38. The Siege of Sarajevo War & conflict
  39. Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Politics & state
  40. Lenin's Return to Russia Politics & state
  41. Iranian Nuclear Deal Framework Politics & state
  42. Apple Inc. Founding Technology
  43. The Eiffel Tower's public opening Technology
  44. Alaska Purchase Politics & state
  45. United States withdrawal from Vietnam War & conflict
  46. End of the Spanish Civil War War & conflict
  47. Tenerife airport disaster Natural disaster
  48. First Female Prisoners at Auschwitz War & conflict
  49. Start of the Greek War of Independence War & conflict
  50. Exxon Valdez oil spill Natural disaster
  51. First Spacewalk Science & discovery