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1792 - Merchant sea-captain Robert Gray first entered the Columbia River, the largest river flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America.

1812 - British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons.

1918 - The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was established, with Tapa Tchermoeff (pictured) as the first prime minister.

1949 - Siam was officially renamed Thailand.

1960 - Mossad agents captured Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi leader and fugitive war criminal hiding in Argentina.

Recent days: May 10 – May 9 – May 8

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