Historical Events for 21st May 2023

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1216 - French crown prince Louis enters England, having been invited by barons at war with King John
1499 - Francisco De Bobadilla appointed Governor of the Indies, succeeding Christopher Columbus
1864 - General David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia
1866 - 1st-class debut of cricketer Fred Grace aged 15 years 159 days at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford
1958 - Indonesian paratroopers reconquer Morotai Island
1961 - Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery, Alabama
1964 - 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
1977 - Albert Innaurato's "Gemini" premieres in NYC
1992 - New Jersey Senate overrides Governor Florio's veto and lowers sales tax to 6%
2019 - Oldest and most distant gravitational waves detected from collision of two black holes with first intermediate-mass black hole ever discovered, 7 billion light years away

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