WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY MAY 31

PHOTO CREDITS- WIKIPEDIA/INTERNET ARCHIVE

2013 The widest tornado ever recorded hits El Reno, Oklahoma

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2005 Deep Throat reveals himself

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1988 President Ronald Reagan arrives in Moscow, the first American president to do so in 14 years.

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1979 Zimbabwe proclaims its independence.

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1974 Israel and Syria sign an agreement on the Golan Heights.

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1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Give Peace a Chance.”

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1962 Adolf Eichmann, the former SS commander, is hanged near Tel Aviv, Israel.

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1955 The Supreme Court orders that states must end racial segregation “with all deliberate speed.”

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1928 The first flight over the Pacific takes off from Oakland.

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1925 Julian Beck, theater manager.

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1916 British and German fleets fight in the Battle of Jutland.

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1915 A German zeppelin makes an air raid on London.

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1913 The 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for direct election of senators, is ratified.

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1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) holds its first conference.

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1902 The Boer War ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging.

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1900 U.S. troops arrive in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion.

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