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Today in History: May 17, Brown v Board of Education ruling strikes down legal segregation

Today in History: May 16, Nazis crush Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Today in History: May 15, new state of Israel attacked by 5 nations

Today in History: May 14, state of Israel is proclaimed

Today in History: May 13, Pope John Paul II is shot and wounded

Today in History: May 12, more than 87,000 dead or missing in China earthquake

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Today in History: May 11, Bob Marley dies at 36

Today in History: May 10, Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium and France

Today in History: May 9, Nelson Mandela chosen to lead South Africa

Today in History: May 8, South Africa adopts constitution guaranteeing equal rights

Today in History: May 7, Nazi Germany surrenders

Today in History: May 6, the Hindenburg crashes in flames in New Jersey, killing 36

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Today in History: May 5, Alan Shepard becomes first American in space

Today in History: May 4, four killed during anti-war protest at Kent State University

Today in History: May 3, Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first female prime minister

Today in History: May 2, Nelson Mandela claims victory in first democratic South Africa elections

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Today in History: May 1, Obama announces killing of Osama bin Laden

Today in History: April 30, Vietnam War ends with fall of Saigon

Today in History: April 29, Joan of Arc leads French in battle at Orleans

Today in History: April 28, Muhammad Ali stripped of heavyweight title

Today in History: April 27, Magellan killed in the Philippines

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