| 1949: | | | The Soviet Union lifted its blockade of Berlin. |
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| 1937: | | | King George VI of the United Kingdom was crowned following the abdication of Edward VIII. |
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| 1925: | | American baseball player, manager, and coach Yogi Berra was born in St. Louis, Missouri. |
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| 1845: | | | French composer Gabriel Fauré was born in Pamiers, Ariège. |
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| 1820: | | English nurse Florence Nightingale, who founded trained nursing as a profession for women, was born in Florence, Italy. |
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| 1780: | | During the American Revolution, Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the Continental Army was forced to surrender with 7,000 troops at Charleston, South Carolina. |
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