642 million people voted in India’s general election, setting the record for the world’s largest election.
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Anne Boleyn was crowned the Queen of England at Westminster Abbey.
The European Union expanded the 1951 Stresa Convention.
South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth of Nations after ending Apartheid.
The Heimlich Maneuver was published in an article for the first time.
Ion Antonescu, Romania's dictatorial World War II leader, was executed by firing squad.
