1926 - England regains Ashes with fifth Test cricket win to take series 1-0
1954 - James E. Wilkins is the first Black person to attend a US cabinet meeting
1958 - Fidel Castro delivers a speech on Radio Rebelde, the clandestine station founded by Che Guevara to broadcast news and revolutionary messages from the Sierra Maestra mountains
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