1901 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada.
1915 1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau, Germany.
1945 Special Court of justice convicts Dutch Nazi leader Mussert to death.
1946 The United Nations accepts six Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1961 Nazi German army officer Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes in Israel.
2000 US Supreme Court releases its 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore, settling the recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election in George W. Bush's favor and thus handing him the presidency over Al Gore.
2019 British General Election won by Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in landslide win with 80 seat majority. Scottish National Party also wins 48 of 59 seats in Scotland.
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