Today in History (Advanced)

Chinese explorers in the “Western Oceans”, Gwendolyn Margaret Smith, and Martin Wong.

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Political activists jailed, the vote for Dutch women, and Lopo do Nascimento is born.

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Argentinian independence, David Mandessi Diop is born, and gay rights in New Zealand.

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Faye Wattleton, language changes in Malaysia, and the death of Abdul Sattar Edhi.

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Isabelo de los Reyes, Margaret Walker, Sandra Day O’Connor and the Supreme Court.

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Frida Kahlo, Althea Gibson wins Wimbledon, Caribbean countries demand reparations.

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The first independent republic in Spanish America, and Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon.

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Japan goes to space, a soccer title for Chile, and an artifact sells at auction.

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Kagaku Murakami, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, and the Second Bosphorus Bridge is completed.

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The zeppelin’s first flight, Patrice Lumumba, and Big Momma Thornton's “Hound Dog”.

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