| 1992 - | An IRA bomb exploded only a short distance away from Downing Street |
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| 1989 - | Czechoslovakia announced it would stop the export of 'Semtex' explosive |
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| 1949 - | Vinyl records were launched by RCA (45 r.p.m.) and Columbia (33.3 r.p.m.). |
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| 1926 - | Fritz Lang`s sci-fi film Metropolis was first shown, in Berlin. |
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| 1926 - | The science fiction classic, Metropolis, was screened for the first time |
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| 1920 - | The League of Nations held its first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland |
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| 1912 - | Caillaux govt in France resigns |
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| 1912 - | Worlds 1st flying boats maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in NY) |
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| 1911 - | 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego |
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| 1911 - | Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified) |
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| 1911 - | Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214 |
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| 1910 - | 1st international air meet in US held, in LA |
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| 1910 - | Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St NYC |
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| 1902 - | Alphons Diepenbrocks Te Deum premieres (Amsterdam) |
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| 1901 - | Oil discovered in Texas |
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| 1900 - | Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener reach Capetown |
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| 1863 - | British Prime Minister Gladstone opened the first section of the London Underground Railway system, from Paddington to Farringdon Street. |
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| 1863 - | The first section of the London Underground was opened |
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| 1862 - | Samuel Colt, the American inventor of the Colt revolver, died |
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| 1840 - | The postal service, the 'penny post', began in Britain |
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| 1778 - | Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, died. |
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