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What happened today 1985 The U S House of Representatives approves 27 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras

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New Zealand was the first country in the world to grant women the vote Kate Sheppard leading light of the suffrage movement was

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What happened today 1976 An Israeli raid at Entebbe airport in Uganda rescues 105 hostages

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What happened today 2002 A Russian Mi 26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny killing 118

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1969 The Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne slices the destroyer USS Frank E Evans in half off the shore of South Vietnam

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What happened today 1945 U S troops land at Balikpapan and take Sepinggan airfield on Borneo in the Pacific

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What s Your Vietnam War Draft Lottery Number The Vietnam War draft lottery ran from 1969 to 1972 If you were born on April 27

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What happened today 1945 American battleships and cruisers bombard the Japanese home islands for the first time