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*1972 - The [[United States|US]] and the [[USSR]] sign the [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]] on this day.
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**1879 - Abolitionist [[William Lloyd Garrison]] died on this day.
 
**1879 - Abolitionist [[William Lloyd Garrison]] died on this day.
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**1506 - [[Christopher Columbus]] died in poverty on this day in [[Spain]].  
 
**1506 - [[Christopher Columbus]] died in poverty on this day in [[Spain]].  
 
**1980 - French-speaking [[Quebec]] approved remaining part of [[Canada]] in a referendum, by a vote of 60% to 40%.  But that margin of victory became smaller and smaller in subsequent referenda.
 
**1980 - French-speaking [[Quebec]] approved remaining part of [[Canada]] in a referendum, by a vote of 60% to 40%.  But that margin of victory became smaller and smaller in subsequent referenda.
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**1588 - The "invincible" Spanish Armada set sail to conquer [[England]].
 
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*'''May 18'''
 
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**1652 - The first law banning [[slavery]] in the American colonies was passed in [[Rhode Island]].
 
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**1802 - A declaration of war was passed by [[Great Britain]] against Napoleon's [[France]].
 
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**1896 - The U.S. Supreme Court decides ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'', which states the concept of "separate but equal" between white and black citizens; this unjust ruling was overturned with the ''Brown vs. Board of Education'' decision nearly 60 years later.
 
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**1920 - The late [[Pope John Paul II]] was born today.
 
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**1980 - Mt. Saint Helens erupted in Washington State, killing 57 people and causing over three billion dollars in damage.
 
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**1943 - The [[Nazis]] brutally crushed a [[Jew]]ish uprising in [[Warsaw|Warsaw Ghetto]] after 28 days of resistance.
 
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**1957 - [[Great Britain]] becomes the third nation to detonate a [[hydrogen bomb]].
 

Revision as of 05:06, May 26, 2007

  • May 20
    • 1506 - Christopher Columbus died in poverty on this day in Spain.
    • 1980 - French-speaking Quebec approved remaining part of Canada in a referendum, by a vote of 60% to 40%. But that margin of victory became smaller and smaller in subsequent referenda.
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