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Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth dies – Polio vaccine trials begin – Nuclear explosion at Chernobyl – President Reagan visits China – The deadliest tornado in world history strikes Central Bangladesh – China Airlines flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan

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Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska –  Tornado reduces Oklahoma town to rubble – First astronauts introduced – The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight – “Chicago Eight” plead not guilty – John Major’s Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom – Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles marry

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