| 1994 - | A protester fired blanks at Prince Charles on his tour in Sydney |
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| 1990 - | Hurricane force winds caused much damage in southern Britain |
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| 1986 - | The Sunday Times & News of the World were printed at Wapping for the first time |
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| 1972 - | The first London performance of 'Godspel' took place |
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| 1956 - | Heroin imports and exports were banned in the United Kingdom |
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| 1950 - | India became a democratic republic within the Commonwealth |
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| 1911 - | Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego |
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| 1911 - | Richard Strausss opera Die Rosenkavalier premieres, Dresden |
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| 1910 - | Heavy rains cause floods in Paris |
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| 1907 - | 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed |
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| 1907 - | J M Synges Playboy of Western World opens; police are called |
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| 1905 - | Arnold Sch”nbergs Pelleas und Melissande, premieres in Vienna |
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| 1905 - | Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea |
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| 1905 - | Worlds largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found |
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| 1905 - | The Cullinan diamond, weighing 4-Nov lbs, was found by Captain Wells at the Premier Mine, near Pretoria, South Africa. |
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| 1900 - | Henrik Ibsens Naar vi Dode Vaaguer, premieres in Stuttgart |
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| 1891 - | Nikolaus August Otto, German engineer, died. |
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| 1871 - | The English Rugby Union was formed in London |
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| 1841 - | Hong Kong became a British soverign territory |
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| 1823 - | Edward Jenner, English physician, died |
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| 1823 - | Edward Jenner, the pioneer of vaccination, died |
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| 1788 - | The first English convicts arrived in Australia |
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