June 05

2002 Alex Maskey (50) became the first Sinn Féin lord mayor of Belfast. 1981 It was reported that five men in California were suffering from a rare form of pneumonia that was found in patients with weakened immune systems—the first recognised cases of AIDS, which was to kill over 30 million worldwide. 1920 Cornelius Ryan, war ... Read more

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