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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1539 Hernando De Soto claims the US state of Florida for Spain.
In 1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands".
In 1864 Ransom Eli Olds, auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer, born.
In 1911 Paulette Goddard, born.
In 1925 Tony Curtis, actor, born.
In 1926 Allen Ginsberg, poet, born.
In 1934 Dr. Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, knighted.
In 1937 Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in France.
In 1942 Battle of Midway turning point in war in Pacific began.
In 1942 Curtis Mayfield, musician, born.
In 1949 Dragnet is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles).
In 1950 Suzi Quatro (in Detroit, Michigan), musician, born.
In 1965 Gemini IV is launched. Ed White first American to walk in space.
In 1966 Gemini IX is launched.
In 1976 U.S. presented with oldest known copy of the Magna Carta.
In 1980 The crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35.
In 1981 Pope John Paul II gets out of hospital after attempt on life.
In 1989 Chinese government puts down student democracy protest in Beijing... thousands die in Tiananmen Square.
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