1892 - US shoemaker Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to in a segregated RR car (US Supreme Court Plessy v Ferguson)
1944 - Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Łódź, Poland, to Auschwitz and other extermination camp begins
1949 - Siam changes name to Thailand
1991 - 123rd Belmont Stakes: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
2020 - Lockdowns for COVID-19 in Europe saved 3 million lives according to study by Imperial College London

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