The trial of the Kapenguria Six began on this day in 1952.

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On this day in 1854, miners seeking reforms in Victoria, Australia, rebelled against colonial authorities. 

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The Monroe Doctrine was articulated in an address to Congress on this day in 1823.

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On this day in 1984, a leak in a storage tank at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, triggered one of the worst industrial disasters in the world.

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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus on this day in 1955.

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On this day in 1952, the New York Daily News announced Christine Jorgensen's gender confirmation surgery. 

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Elizabeth I delivered her "Golden Speech" on this day in 1601.

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On this day in 1954, a meteorite hit and bruised a woman in Alabama.

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The Zong Massacre began on this day in 1781.

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On this day in 1847, a group of Cayuse tribespeople killed 13 people at the Whitman Mission, as they believed that physician and religious leader Marcus Whitman was deliberately spreading measles. 

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