1904 - The Japanese Army capture the City of Dairen after landing troops along the south coast of Manchuria
1946 - United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die
1959 - Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward earns first of 2 career Indy 500 victories as a record 16 cars complete full 500 miles; for the first time all cars required to have roll bars
1972 - 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod Intl airport
2010 - Indianapolis 500: Scotsman Dario Franchitti driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing wins his 2nd Indy title ahead of Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti

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