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★29 Aug 1916
The United States Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S. commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

★14 Dec 1918
In the 1918 United Kingdom general election women over thirty were permitted to vote, making it the first British election with female voters.

★26 Dec 1919
American baseball player Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to their rivals, the New York Yankees, starting the 84-year-long "Curse of the Bambino".

★25 Oct 1924
The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, purportedly a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation, pushing the Conservative Party to a landslide victory in the UK general election four days later.

★06 May 1937
The German zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during an attempt to dock at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, killing 36 people.

★30 Aug 1942
Second World War: Erwin Rommel launched the last major Axis offensive of the Western Desert Campaign, attacking the British Eighth Army's position near El Alamein, Egypt.

★08 Jun 1950
Thomas Blamey became the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.

★27 Jun 1954
Jacobo Árbenz resigned the presidency of Guatemala following a CIA led coup against his administration.

★18 May 1965
Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence for Israel in the Six-Day War against Syria, was publicly hanged after having been captured four months earlier.

★14 Jan 1970
The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered, ending the Nigerian Civil War.

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