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On This Day 12 May - Hedgehog - 05-12-2009 1655: English troops take Jamaica from the Spanish, making it a hub for rum production and slave trading. 1926: The only General Strike in British history fizzles to an end after nine days, but the miners stay out. 1949: Soviet forces lift the blockade of Berlin, during which the 'Berlin Airlift' made 278,228 supply flights.