1881
American Red Cross founded
Clara Barton founded what became the American Red Cross.
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1542
Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto died while searching for gold on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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1927
Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly across the Atlantic (from New York to Paris) in his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis.
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1932
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (from Newfoundland to Ireland).
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1956
The first hydrogen bomb to be dropped by air exploded over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
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1989
In Hong Kong, approximately one million people took to the streets to show their support for students protesting for democratic reforms in China’s Tiananmen Square.
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1991
Rajiv Gandhi, former Indian prime minister, was assassinated by a suicide bomber.
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1998
Indonesian President Suharto resigned.
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1999
Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy on her 19th nomination.
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2003
Christine Todd Whitman announced her resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
