2018
Donald Trump ended family separation on the southern border.
The president signed the executive order after receiving backlash after his “zero tolerance” attitude.
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2003
The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Wikimedia, a nonprofit organization, is best known for hosting Wikipedia. It was created to gather funding for various crowdsourced wiki projects such as Wikipedia and Wiktionary.
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1990
The asteroid Eureka was discovered by David H. Levy.
Also known as “5261 Eureka,” the asteroid closely trails Mars at just 0.3 astronomical units away.
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1988
Haitian coup d’état started, and President Henri Namphy overthrew President Leslie Manigat.
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1981
Pope John Paul II was sent to hospital for 55 days after contracting an infection.
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1975
The movie “Jaws” by Steven Spielberg hit theaters.
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1966
Sheila Scott became the first woman to fly solo around the world.
In the process, she broke over 100 aviation records. She flew from Heathrow on 18 May 1966 and returned on this day and covered 34,000 miles.
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1948
NBC started “Toast Of The Town” on the Ed Sullivan Show.
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1895
Caroline Willard Baldwin became the first woman in the USA to earn a PhD.
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1863
West Virginia was admitted as the 35th US state during the height of the US Civil War.
The state of Virginia had already seceded from the USA, but not everyone in Virginia was happy about this, particularly those in the western regions. Numerous meetings were held in 1861, and by the end of the year, it was decided that West Virginia would become a state. It took West Virginia just over another year to develop a constitution that the US would approve.
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1840
Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
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1837
At the age of 18, Queen Victoria ascended the throne after her uncle, King William IV, passed away.
Queen Victoria was the Queen of the United Kingdom. Her reign lasted until her death in 1901.
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1782
After years of discussions, the US adopted the Great Seal national symbol, which features the iconic bald eagle.
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1214
The University of Oxford, England, received its first charter from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
It wasn’t until 1248 that the university received a royal charter. A charter is when a university or town is officially founded and given its rights.
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