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<div class="grid-xs"> <div class="md-history-events"> <div class="md-history-event gutter-bottom"> <div class="grid no-gutter" data-layout-xs="column"> <div class="grid-sm-33"> <div class="image-wrapper center-xs middle-xs"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348im_/https://cdn.britannica.com/350x160/11/128811-004-56E4B786.jpg" alt="LeBron James, 2008."/> </div> </div> <div class="grid-xs"> <div class="md-history-event-content "> <div class="description"> The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cleveland-Cavaliers" class="md-crosslink">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, led by star <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/biography/LeBron-James" class="md-crosslink">LeBron James</a>, defeated the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Golden-State-Warriors" class="md-crosslink">Golden State Warriors</a> in a thrilling game seven to claim the franchise's first <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Basketball-Association" class="md-crosslink">NBA</a> title.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-history-event-date">2016</div> </div> <div class="md-history-event gutter-bottom"> <div class="grid no-gutter" data-layout-xs="column"> <div class="grid-sm-33"> <div class="image-wrapper center-xs middle-xs"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348im_/https://cdn.britannica.com/350x160/71/173171-004-ABE9B6A3.jpg" alt="Gandolfini, James"/> </div> </div> <div class="grid-xs"> <div class="md-history-event-content "> <div class="description"> American actor <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Gandolfini" class="md-crosslink">James Gandolfini</a>, who was best known for his portrayal of Mafia boss and family man Tony Soprano in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/topic/HBO" class="md-crosslink">HBO</a> drama series <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Sopranos" class="md-crosslink">The Sopranos</a> (1999–2007), died of a heart attack while vacationing in Rome.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-history-event-date">2013</div> </div> <div class="md-history-event gutter-bottom"> <div class="grid no-gutter" data-layout-xs="column"> <div class="grid-sm-33"> <div class="image-wrapper center-xs middle-xs"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348im_/https://cdn.britannica.com/350x160/27/69027-004-1FBFA126.jpg" alt="Valentina V. Tereshkova."/> </div> </div> <div class="grid-xs"> <div class="md-history-event-content "> <div class="description"> Soviet cosmonaut <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valentina-Tereshkova" class="md-crosslink">Valentina V. Tereshkova</a>, the first woman to travel in space, returned to Earth in the spacecraft <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/technology/Vostok-Soviet-spacecraft" class="md-crosslink">Vostok</a> 6.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-history-event-date">1963</div> </div> <div class="md-history-event gutter-bottom"> <div class="grid no-gutter" data-layout-xs="column"> <div class="grid-sm-33"> <div class="image-wrapper center-xs middle-xs"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348im_/https://cdn.britannica.com/350x160/70/5770-004-ECEBEC3F.jpg" alt="Kuwait"/> </div> </div> <div class="grid-xs"> <div class="md-history-event-content "> <div class="description"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom" class="md-crosslink">Great Britain</a> recognized <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/place/Kuwait" class="md-crosslink">Kuwait</a>'s independence.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-history-event-date">1961</div> </div> <div class="md-history-event gutter-bottom"> <div class="grid no-gutter" data-layout-xs="column"> <div class="grid-sm-33"> <div class="image-wrapper center-xs middle-xs"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348im_/https://cdn.britannica.com/350x160/23/125023-004-7E4632DB.jpg" alt="Philippine Sea, Battle of the"/> </div> </div> <div class="grid-xs"> <div class="md-history-event-content "> <div class="description"> During <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II" class="md-crosslink">World War II</a> the Japanese Combined Fleet and the U.S. Fifth Fleet engaged in a major air-and-sea battle, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Philippine-Sea" class="md-crosslink">Battle of the Philippine Sea</a>, which ended the next day with a U.S. victory. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-history-event-date">1944</div> </div> <div class="md-history-event gutter-bottom"> <div class="grid no-gutter" data-layout-xs="column"> <div class="grid-xs"> <div class="md-history-event-content no-image"> <div class="description"> The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348/https://www.britannica.com/technology/broadcasting" class="md-crosslink">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC) was organized in the United States.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-history-event-date">1934</div> </div> <div class="md-history-event gutter-bottom"> <div class="grid no-gutter" data-layout-xs="column"> <div class="grid-sm-33"> <div class="image-wrapper center-xs middle-xs"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180520005348im_/https://cdn.britannica.com/350x160/57/11557-004-451CC251.jpg" alt="Lou Gehrig, 1939."/> </div> </div> <div class="grid-xs"> <div class="md-history-event-content "> <div class="description"> <a 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