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[Federico García Lorca.]( [Federico García Lorca](
Born on this day in 1898 was [Spanish]( writer [Federico García Lorca]( who in a brief career resurrected and revitalized the most basic strains of Spanish poetry and helped inaugurate a second Golden Age of the Spanish theatre.
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[Gemini 4 astronaut Edward White during his historic 21-minute space walk on June 5, 1965.
]( 1965: First American space walk
On this day in 1965, [Edward H. White II]( emerged from the orbital spacecraft [Gemini]( 4 during its third orbit and floated in space for about 20 minutes, thus becoming the first American astronaut to walk in space.
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2004: [Ronald Reagan]( politician [Ronald Reagan]( as the 40th [president of the United States]( (1981–89), became known for his conservative [Republicanism]( his fervent anticommunism, and his appealing personal style—died in Los Angeles.
1981: [AIDS]( was reported for the first time, following the detection of a rare form of pneumonia in five [homosexual]( men in Los Angeles.
1967: [Israeli tanks advancing on the Golan Heights during the Six-Day War]( [Six-Day War]( the third of the [Arab-Israeli wars]( began.
1947: [George C. Marshall.]( an address at Harvard University, U.S. Secretary of State [George C. Marshall]( advanced the idea of the [Marshall Plan]( a European self-help program to be financed by the United States.
1944: In [World War II]( Allied forces entered Rome.
1939: [Joe Clark, 1979.]( politician [Joe Clark]( who in 1979 became the country's youngest prime minister, was born.
1883: [John Maynard Keynes, detail of a watercolour by Gwen Raverat, about 1908.]( economist, journalist, and financier [John Maynard Keynes]( best known for his revolutionary economic theories ([Keynesian economics]( on the causes of prolonged unemployment, was born.
1849: [flag of Denmark]( absolute monarchy in [Denmark]( was abolished and replaced by a new constitution that established a constitutional monarchy with a parliament, as well as freedom of the press, religious freedom, and the right to hold meetings and form associations.
1723: [Adam Smith, paste medallion by James Tassie, 1787.]( philosopher and political economist [Adam Smith]( was baptized in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
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