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2019 ‐
Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky wins the country's presidential election in a landslide
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1993 ‐
Brazil votes against a monarchy
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1989 ‐
Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
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1965 ‐
New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
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1952 ‐
BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
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1935 ‐
King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
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1898 ‐
Spanish–American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain
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1878 ‐
First Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
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1836 ‐
Battle of San Jacinto, Texas wins independence from Mexico
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1820 ‐
Danish scientist Hans Christian Ørsted is the first to identify electromagnetism, when he observes a compass needle
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1794 ‐
NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publicly owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British
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1785 ‐
Catherine II of Russia confers on the nobility the "Charter to the Nobility", increasing further the power of the landed oligarchs
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