| 1991 - | Operation 'Desert Storm' against Iraq continued with thousands of air sorties |
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| 1987 - | The were violent clashes, and many arrests, outside the Wapping print works |
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| 1985 - | The space shuttle 'Discovery' was launced on its first military mission |
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| 1978 - | A Russian satellite crashed near Yellow Knife in Canada`s Northwest Territory. |
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| 1978 - | A Russian satellite accidently crashed in Canada's Northwest Territory |
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| 1975 - | Dr Coggan became the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury |
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| 1965 - | Winston Churchill, Britains wartime prime minister, died |
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| 1964 - | First heart transplant |
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| 1935 - | Beer, in cans, was sold for the first time, in Virginia (United States) |
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| 1916 - | Conscription began in Britain |
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| 1908 - | Gen Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts |
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| 1902 - | Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA |
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| 1901 - | 1st games played in baseballs American League |
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| 1901 - | Emily Hobhouse view lord Kitcheners concentration camp at Bloemfontein |
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| 1900 - | Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) |
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| 1900 - | Newcastle Badminton Club, worlds oldest, forms in England |
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| 1848 - | Gold was first discovered in California, which then started the gold rush |
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