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★28 Jun 1911
The first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.

★28 Sep 1924
A team of U.S. Army Air Service aviators landed in Seattle, Washington, to complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the world.

★21 May 1927
Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, American aviator Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from Roosevelt Field near New York City to Paris–Le Bourget Airport.

★15 Dec 1939
The American historical epic film Gone With the Wind, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name, made its premiere in Atlanta, Georgia.

★13 Feb 1960
African American college students staged the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee, part of a nonviolent direct action campaign to end racial segregation.

★16 Jun 1961
Pioneering Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union at Paris–Le Bourget Airport with the help of French police and a Parisian socialite friend.

★31 Aug 1969
Approximately 150,000 people attended the Isle of Wight Festival, which featured Bob Dylan in his first gig since 1966.

★08 Jan 1977
Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing 7 people and injuring 37.

★23 Nov 1980
An earthquake struck the Irpinia region of Italy, killing 2,914 people, injuring more than 10,000 and leaving 300,000 homeless.

★07 Oct 1988
Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.

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