1898
Talk about long-term leases!
China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.
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1870
Author Charles Dickens died.
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1934
Donald Duck made his screen debut in The Wise Little Hen.
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1944
The Republic of Iceland was established.
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1973
Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
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1978
After 148 years, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests.
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1993
Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito married commoner Masako Owada.
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