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- 1927 – Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, landing in Paris after departing from New York.
- 1881 – Clara Barton establishes the American Red Cross, providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
- 1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated in a suicide bombing attack.
- 1471 – King Edward IV triumphantly enters London after victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury.
- 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte abandons his siege of Acre, marking a turning point in his Egyptian campaign.
- 1856 – Pro-slavery forces sack Lawrence, Kansas, in a violent episode of “Bleeding Kansas.”
- 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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