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1989
The Chinese government begins its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Hundreds are killed and thousands are arrested.
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1974
Charles Colson, an aide to President Richard Nixon, pleads guilty to obstruction of justice.
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1969
74 American sailors die when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
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1965
Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space when he exits the Gemini 4 space capsule.
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1952
A rebellion by North Korean prisoners in the Koje prison camp in South Korea is put down by American troops.
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1942
Japanese carrier-based planes strafe Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway Island.
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1940
The German Luftwaffe hits Paris with 1,100 bombs.
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1938
The German Third Reich votes to confiscate so-called “degenerate art.”
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1936
Larry McMurtry, novelist (The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment).
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1928
Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin dies as a result of a bomb blast set off by the Japanese.
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1926
Allen Ginsberg, American poet (Howl).
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1923
In Italy, dictator Benito Mussolini grants women the right to vote.
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1922
Alain Resnais, French film director.
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1918
The Finnish Parliament ratifies a treaty with Germany.
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1906
Josephine Baker, dancer and singer.