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1994
Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord to ensure Palestinian self-rule in Gaza and Jericho
1970
Ohio National Guardsmen open fire on student protesters at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others.
1961
13 civil rights activists, dubbed Freedom Riders, begin a bus trip through the South.
1959
The Grammy is presented for the first time
1953
Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize
1949
Graham Swift, British novelist (
The Sweet Shop Owner
,
Out of this World
).
1942
The United States begins food rationing.
1942
The Battle of the Coral Sea commences.
1939
Amos Oz, Israeli novelist (
The Black Box
,
TheThird State
).
1930
Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by the British.
1928
Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet.
1927
A balloon soars over 40,000 feet for the first time.
1903
Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.
1904
The United States takes over the construction of the Panama Canal
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