1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state.
1912 US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane.
1939 George VI and Elizabeth become the 1st king and queen of Britain to visit USA
1942 USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island.
1965 The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for the assassination of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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