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1494 Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which
divided the New World between the two countries.
1654 Louis XIV was crowned king of France.
1848 * Paul Gauguin, French Post-Impressionist painter.
1917 * Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti), US singer and actor who starred
with Jerry Lewis in 16 films.
1929 The Papal State was revived and the Vatican City established in
Rome
1940 * Tom Jones, Welsh singer who had a No. 1 hit in 1965 with
'It's Not Unusual'..
1942 The United States comprehensively defeated the Japanese Navy
sinking 14 warships in a major three-day battle over a remote
military base at Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean.
1950 The first episode of the BBC radio serial The Archers was
broadcast.
1960 * Prince (Rogers Nelson), US singer who produced the album
Purple Rain (1984).
1977 More than one million people lined the streets of London to see
the Royal Family on their way to St Paul's cathedral at the start of
the Queen's silver jubilee celebrations.
1981 Israel shocks the world by destroying the Osirak nuclear plant
near Baghdad the Iraqi capital for fear it would be used to make
atom bombs.
1990 France, West Germany and Italy lifted a ban on British
beef-on-the-bone after reaching a deal in Brussels
2000 UK prime minister Tony Blair was heckled and criticised by
Women's Institute members as he gave a speech at their conference.
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