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Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
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World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed; Britain'...
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Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre p...
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Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters a...
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Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that wo...
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U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
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Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
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The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
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Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
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