| 1995 - | Daylight army patrols in Northern Ireland ended |
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| 1990 - | "The Simpsons" premieres |
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| 1968 - | The Soviet Union launched the manned Soyuz 4 spacecraft |
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| 1954 - | Film star Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio |
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| 1952 - | "Today Show" premieres |
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| 1937 - | The first Gallup Opinion Poll was conducted in Britain |
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| 1912 - | Raymond Poincar‚ becomes premier of France |
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| 1909 - | Co”p. Far. Central Management forms |
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| 1908 - | Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut v Eng Adelaide (116) |
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| 1907 - | An earthquake in Jamaica killed many & destroyed the capital, Kingston |
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| 1905 - | Hubbell, Shubert and Smiths musical Fontana, premieres in NYC |
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| 1900 - | Giacomo Puccinis opera Tosca, premieres in Rome |
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| 1898 - | Lewis Carroll, English mathematician and author, died. |
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| 1898 - | Lewis Carol, English author of 'Alice in Wonderland', died |
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| 1875 - | Albert Schweitzer, French missionary surgeon, was born. |
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| 1784 - | Revolutionary War ends |
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| 1742 - | Edmond Halley, English astronomer, died. |
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| 1742 - | Edmund Halley, the English astronmer associated with Halleys Comet, died |
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