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1994
The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened.
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1962
The first nuclear warhead is fired from a Polaris submarine.
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1960
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
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1954
British runner Roger Bannister breaks the four minute mile.
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1945
Axis Sally makes her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
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1944
The Red Army besieges and captures Sevastopol in the Crimea.
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1942
Ariel Dorfman, Chilean writer (Death and the Maiden).
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General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders Corregidor to the Japanese.
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1941
Bob Hope gives his first USO show at California’s March Field.
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1937
The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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1931
Willie Mays, baseball player.
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1915
Orson Welles, actor, director, and writer (Citizen Kane).
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1902
Max Ophuls, film director (La Ronde, Lola Montes).
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1895
Rudolph Valentino, actor, film icon.
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1888
Russell Stover, candy manufacturer.