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On This Day

10 events
2012
Unknown perpetrators carried out a series of four bombings in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
2005
The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
1985
The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor (pictured).
1967
The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending.
1965
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation: British forces repelled a surprise Indonesian attack on a base at Plaman Mapu in Sarawak.
1961
Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom.
1949
In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill banning Australians from the country.
1945
World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the Lapland War.
1904
Chris Watson became the first prime minister of Australia from the Australian Labor Party.
1848
The French National Assembly under Victor Schœlcher proclaims the abolition of slavery within France and it's colonies following the February Revolution.

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