1825 ~ Birthday of Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientist and staunch defender of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

1928 ~ Birthday of Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt.

1936 ~ Birthday of El Cordobes, Bullfighter.

1930 ~ British police arrest Mahatma Gandhi.

1941 ~ Birthday of George Will, Writer.

1942 ~ Battle of the Coral Sea began.

1942 ~ Birthday of Tammy Wynette, Country Musician.

1961 ~ American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" began a bus trip through the South.

1970 ~ Kent State massacre: The Ohio National Guard opened fire on students protesting the United States' invasion of Cambodia. Four students are killed, 9 wounded.

1979 ~ Margaret Thatcher appointed PM of the United Kingdom.

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