1938 Robert and Edward Kennedy, the youngest sons of the American Ambassador to London, Joseph Kennedy, open the Children's Zoo in Regents Park, London.
1946 Italy votes in a referendum to become a republic.
1949 In the Middle East, Transjordan is renamed the Kingdom of Jordan.
1954 British jockey Lester Piggott, aged 18, becomes the youngest jockey to win the Derby at Epsom riding 33-1 outsider Never Say Die.
1953 Summit of Everest reached for the first time.
1979 Polish-born Pope John Paul II arrives in Poland - the first visit by a Pope to a Communist country.
1985 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announce an indefinite ban on English football clubs from taking part in any of the European competitions after continued hooliganism by their fans when travelling abroad.
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