305 ~ Diocletian and Maximian retired from the office of Roman Emperor.

1707 ~ The Act of Union joined England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1786 ~ Premier night of the opera “The Marriage of Figaro” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

1830 ~ Birthday of Mother Jones, Labor Activist.

1852 ~ Birthday of Calamity Jane, Riflewoman.

1840 ~ The Penny Black, the world's first official adhesive postage stamp went on sale

1923 ~ Birthday of Shimon Peres, Israeli Statesman.

1932 ~ Birthday of Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League.

1944 ~ Birthday of Rita Coolidge, singer

2004 ~ Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union.



Day of the International Solidarity of Workers (particularly in Communist countries).

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