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- 1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
- 1870 - The Papal States came under the control of Italian troops, leading to the unification of Italy.
- 1881 - Chester A. Arthur became the 21st president of the U.S. President James A. Garfield had died the day before.
- 1962 - James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by (D) Governor Ross R. Barnett. Meredith was later admitted.
- 1967 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) was launched. It went out of service on November 27, 2008.
- 1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to drop the national speed limit. This allowed the states to decide their own speed limits.
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