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Today in History: May 11, Deep Blue defeats Kasparov
Today in History: May 10, golden spike completes transcontinental railway
Today in History: May 9, FDA approves first birth control pill
Today in History: May 8, Allies celebrate Nazi surrender in World War II
Today in History: May 7, RMS Lusitania torpedoed, sunk by German submarine
Today in History: May 6, the Hindenburg crashes in flames in New Jersey
Today in History: May 5, Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
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