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| June 8 |
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| Three days after falling prey to an assassin in California, Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. |
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| On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway--one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan--comes to an end. |
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| June 6 |
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| In a bloody climax to two years of fighting between the Indian government and Sikh separatists. |
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| June 5 |
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| On June 5, 1963, British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns his post following revelations that he had lied to the House of Commons about his sexual affair Christine Keeler. |
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| On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium. |
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| June 1 |
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| On June 1, 1968, Helen Keller dies in Westport, Connecticut, at the age of 87. |
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| May 31 |
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| Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, has left the chart-topping Spice Girls band. |
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| May 30 |
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| Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas has been jailed for six months in the country's biggest sleaze scandal in recent history. |
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| May 29 |
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| Pope John Paul II has visited Canterbury Cathedral - the first pontiff ever to do so. |
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| May 28 |
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| Pakistan has exploded five underground nuclear devices in response to India's nuclear tests two weeks ago. |
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| May 27 |
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| Jawaharlal Nehru, founder of modern India and its current prime minister, has died suddenly at the age of 74. |
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| May 26 |
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| The Italian cabinet has resigned following the scandal over the alleged activities of a secret Masonic Lodge. |
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| May 25 |
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| President John F Kennedy has called for millions of dollars to fund a space programme to get the first man on the moon by 1970. |
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| May 24 |
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| Lawrence Dallaglio has resigned as England's rugby union captain following newspaper... |
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| May 23 |
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| The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has welcomed the resounding "yes" vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland, calling it "a day for joy". |
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| May 22 |
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| Two US astronauts aboard Apollo 10 are on their way back to the safety of their mother ship after their lunar module came to within eight nautical miles (14kms) of the Moon's surface. |
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| May 21 |
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| Rajiv Gandhi, the 46-year-old former Indian prime minister, has been assassinated. |
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| May 20 |
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| The British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie are celebrating the birth of their baby son who will be called Leo. |
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| May 19 |
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| South African troops have launched raids on three neighbouring countries in an effort to destroy ... |
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| May 18 |
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| Britain's first astronaut, 27-year-old Helen Sharman from Sheffield, has blasted into orbit. |
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| May 17 |
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| The coffin containing the body of Charlie Chaplin - missing since his grave was robbed 11 weeks ago - has been found. |
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| May 16 |
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| The government has again attempted to reassure the public that British beef is safe... |
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| May 15 |
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| Britain has exploded its first hydrogen bomb as part of a series of tests in the Pacific, the Ministry of Supply has announced. |
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| May 14 |
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| Winnie Mandela, the wife of anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela, has been given a six-year prison sentence for her part in the kidnap of four youths. |
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| May 13 |
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| The Pope has been shot four times as he blessed the crowds in St Peter's Square in Rome. |
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| April 26 |
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| The government has reacted with relief to news that Britain's economy grew by 0.2% in the first three months of this year, and declared the longest recession since the 1930s officially over. |
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| April 25 |
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| Two Cambridge University scientists have published their answer to one of the most fundamental questions of biology - how do living things reproduce themselves? |
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| April 24 |
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| A massive bomb has ripped through the heart of the City of London, killing one and injuring more than 40. |
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| April 23 |
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| The discovery of a virus which may cause Aids, the fatal disease sweeping through America, has been hailed as a "monumental breakthrough" in medical research. |
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| April 22 |
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| Haiti's ruler, Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, has died after 14 years in power. |
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