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Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
In 615 St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
In 685 St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
In 1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
In 1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River.
In 1737 Edward Gibbon England, historian (Decline and Fall of Roman Empire), born.
In 1753 Miguel Hidalgo father of Mexican independence, born.
In 1824 William Walker filibuster, president of Nicaragua (1856-57), born.
In 1828 Jean Henri Dunant Switzerland, founded Red Cross, YMCA (Nobel 1901), born.
In 1866 Australian Rules Football is created.
In 1884 Harry S Truman Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1949), born.
In 1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola.
In 1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.
In 1926 Richard F Attenborough environmentalist/zoologist/filmmaker (BBC), born.
In 1930 Gary Snyder beat poet (Rip Rap and Cold Mountain Poems), born.
In 1944 Gary Glitter [Paul Gadd] England, rocker (Rock and Roll Part II), born.
In 1945 Nazi General Von Keitel surrenders to Russian Marshal Zhukov near Berlin.
In 1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe.
In 1970 Beatles release Let it Be album.
In 1984 USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics.
In 1988 Robert A Heinlein sci-fi writer, dies of heart failure at 80.
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