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18 June 1984 - 'The Battle of Orgreave' sees police officers clash with striking miners.

16 June 1824 - The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (now known as the RSPCA) is formed.

21 June 1948 - The world’s first stored-program computer is switched on in Manchester.

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8th June 793: A Viking raid on the island of Lindisfarne marks the beginning of the Viking Age in Europe.

9th June 1975: The first live transmission from the House of Commons is broadcast on the radio.

9th June 1898: China leases Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.

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6 June 1944: Allied forces begin their assault on Nazi occupied France in an invasion officially called Operation Overlord but more commonly known as D-Day.

5 June 1963: Scandal erupts at Westminster, when John Profumo resigns from government after confessing to an affair with the model Christine Keeler.

5 June 1833: Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage meet at a party at Babbage's London townhouse. The two friends' work laid the foundation for modern computing.

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25th May 1895: Oscar Wilde is sentenced to two years hard labour for the crime of gross indecency.

27th May 1703: St Petersburg is founded on the banks of the Neva River

25th May 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector, leading to the restoration of the monarchy. Charles II lands at Dover exactly one year later.

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23 May 1618 - Second Defenestration of Prague leads to the Thirty Years War

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16th May 1943 - Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous Dambusters Raid

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4th May 1990 - Latvia declares its independence

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2nd May 1982 - The Argentine navy cruiser General Belgrano is controversially sunk by a British nuclear submarine during the Falklands War.

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23rd April 1984 - The virus which causes HIV/AIDS is discovered.

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13th April 1970 - An explosion on board Apollo 13 threatens the lives of three astronauts.