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1099 - Members of the First Crusade witness an eclipse of the moon and interpret it as a sign they will recapture Jerusalem.
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1806 - Batavian Republic becomes the Kingdom of Holland
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1912 - US marines invade Cuba (3rd time)
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1940 - Battle of France begins in WW II
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1945 - USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
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1950 - US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
- 1953 - Denmark adopts a new constitution
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1967 - The Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan begins.
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1973 - Doris A. Davis becomes the first African-American woman to govern a city in a major metropolitan area when she is elected mayor of Compton, California.
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1977 - 1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale
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