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1394 - Charles VI of France issued a decree for the general expulsion of Jews from France.
1587 - Japanese strong-man Hideyoshi banned Christianity in Japan and ordered all Christians to leave.
1866 - Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army. He was the first American officer to hold the rank.
1871 - Seth Wheeler patented perforated wrapping paper.
1909 - French aviator Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel in a monoplane. He traveled from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes. He was the first man to fly across the channel.
1943 - Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was overthrown in a coup.
1946 - The U.S. detonated an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. It was the first underwater test of the device.
1956 - The Andrea Doria sank after a collision with the Stockholm, another luxury liner. During the ordeal 1,634 people were rescued, including the captain and crew.
1978 - Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in Oldham, England. She had been conceived through in-vitro fertilization.
1984 - Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space. She was aboard the orbiting space station Salyut 7.
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