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★08 May 1927
French aviators Charles Nungesser and François Coli aboard the biplane L'Oiseau Blanc, attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, disappeared after takeoff.

★22 Dec 1947
The Constitution of the Italian Republic was enacted by the Constituent Assembly.

★12 Jun 1954
Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old when he died, was canonised by Pope Pius XII, making him the youngest non-martyr saint in the Roman Catholic Church until 2017.

★21 Feb 1958
British artist Gerald Holtom unveiled a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that became internationally recognised as the peace sign.

★02 Jun 1967
German university student Benno Ohnesorg was killed during a protest in West Berlin against the visit of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, sparking the formation of the militant group 2 June Movement.

★12 Nov 1970
The Oregon Highway Division unsuccessfully attempted to destroy a rotting beached sperm whale near Florence, Oregon, with explosives.

★20 Aug 1971
The Stanford prison experiment, one of the most infamous psychological studies, was ended after six days, when the simulation became too abusive.

★17 Mar 1979
The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapsed during refurbishing construction, killing two workers, and leading to the abandonment of the tunnel.

★30 Jun 1987
The Royal Canadian Mint introduced the Canadian one-dollar coin, commonly known as the Loonie.

★07 Feb 1992
The Maastricht Treaty, which led to the formation of the European Union, was signed by the member states of the European Communities.

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