1937
It's duck season
Daffy Duck made his debut in Porky's Duck Hunt.
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1790
Benjamin Franklin, U.S. patriot, diplomat, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Philadelphia.
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1895
The Sino-Japanese War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
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1961
Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.
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1964
Geraldine Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.
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1969
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.
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1970
The Apollo 13 astronauts safely splashed down after their near-disastrous flight.
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1975
Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, ending the five year Cambodian war.
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