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| 1937 |
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The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. |
| 1941 |
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The first organ is played at a baseball stadium in Chicago. |
| 1968 |
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Students seize the administration building at Ohio State University. |
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The world’s worst nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl power plant in the Soviet Union. |
| 1994 |
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Nelson Mandela wins the presidency in South Africa’s first multiracial elections. |
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John James Audubon, artist and naturalist. |
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| How Early Feminists Helped Revolutionize Birding @atlasobscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-early-feminists-helped-revolutionize-birdwatching
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Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect, designed New York’s central park. |
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Anita Loos, novelist and screenwriter (Gentleman Prefer Blondes). |
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Bernard Malamud, novelist and short story writer (The Natural). |
