1897 - Herbert Henry Dow founds Dow Chemical in Midland, Michigan
1927 - Ritz Hotel opens in Boston
1941 - Italian army in Ethiopia under general Aosta surrenders to Britain
1958 - 11th Cannes Film Festival: "The Cranes Are Flying" directed by Mikhail Kalatozov wins the Palme d'Or
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2014 - Swiss voters reject a $25 per hour minimum wage

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1940 - Pat Trimborn, South African cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets), born in Durban, Natal, South Africa
1965 - Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (Helloween), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1995)
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