Today in History (May 19)
1906: The Simplon Tunnel opened, connecting Italy and Switzerland through the Alps.
2001: Arab foreign ministers, meeting in Egypt, recommended the suspension of political contacts with the Israeli government until it halted military assaults against the Palestinians.
2004: The world's first embryonic stem cell bank opened in Britain.
2015: Pipeline rupture spills some 21,000 gallons of oil along California coastline.
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