| 1981 - | Greece became the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community |
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| 1977 - | Britain (along with others) extended its fishing limit to 200 miles |
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| 1973 - | Britain became a member of the European Economic Community |
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| 1961 - | The birth control pill was launched in the UK |
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| 1948 - | British Railways was nationalised |
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| 1921 - | Car tax discs were first introduced in Britain |
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| 1913 - | Film censorship began in Britain |
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| 1912 - | 1st running of SFs famed Bay to Breakers race (7.63 miles/12.3 km) |
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| 1912 - | Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic |
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| 1911 - | Belgian Mining law introduces 9«-hour work day |
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| 1911 - | South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government |
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| 1910 - | Simpson-Hayward (England) takes Jun-43 on debut with underarm lobs |
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| 1909 - | Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
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| 1909 - | In Britain, the first ever old age pensions were paid |
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| 1908 - | 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square |
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| 1908 - | Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28) |
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| 1907 - | Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day |
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| 1906 - | Dutch law makes drivers license mandatory |
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| 1904 - | Neth Indies colony begins opium production |
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| 1902 - | 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0) |
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| 1902 - | Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn |
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| 1901 - | Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies |
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| 1900 - | 1st date in John dos Passos USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel) |
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| 1900 - | British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established |
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| 1900 - | Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect |
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| 1894 - | Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, died. |
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| 1894 - | The Manchester Ship Canal, England, was officially opened to traffic. |
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| 1858 - | Van Dieman's Land was renamed Tasmania |
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| 1801 - | Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi became the first person to discover an asteroid - he named it Ceres. |
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| 1781 - | The first ever all iron bridge opened at Ironbridge, England |
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| 1660 - | Englishman Samuel Pepys began his famous diary |
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