| 1973 - | Nixon orders ceasefire in Vietnam |
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| 1971 - | The Aswan High Dam, on the Nile in Egypt, was offically opened |
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| 1968 - | The Soviet Union launched the manned Soyuz 5 spacecraft |
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| 1967 - | First Superbowl Game |
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| 1927 - | The first ever live rugby match was broadcast over the radio |
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| 1913 - | Sickness, unemployment & maternity benefits were introduced |
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| 1908 - | C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Aust |
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| 1907 - | 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee De Forest |
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| 1907 - | Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them |
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| 1905 - | Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater |
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| 1900 - | SCNEC soccer team forms |
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| 1880 - | The London Telephone Company published Britain`s first telephone directory, listing 255 names |
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| 1880 - | The first ever telephone directory in Britain was published |
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| 1759 - | The British Museum in London was opened to the public |
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| 1559 - | The coronation of Queen Elizabeth I took place |
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