| 1989 - | Thomas Sopwith, British aircraft designer, died. |
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| 1989 - | In Brazil, three men were charged with stealing and melting down the World Cup |
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| 1973 - | Viet Nam War ends |
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| 1969 - | Protestant leader Ian Paisley was jailed for three months |
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| 1967 - | Three US astronauts died in a fire which broke out aboard the spacecraft Apollo during tests at Cape Kennedy. |
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| 1967 - | Three American astronauts were killed in an Apollo spacecraft ground test |
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| 1943 - | The United States Air Force made its first bombing raid on Germany |
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| 1926 - | The first public demonstration of television was given by John Logie Baird, at his workshop in London, UK. |
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| 1926 - | John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television |
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| 1908 - | Pasipha‰, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte |
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| 1906 - | Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec |
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| 1905 - | Maurice Rouvier forms govt in France |
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| 1903 - | John Eccles, Australian physiologist, was born |
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| 1902 - | 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (NYC) |
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| 1900 - | Social Democrat Party of America (Debs party) holds 1st convention |
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| 1880 - | Electric light patented |
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| 1879 - | Thomas Edison patented the electric lamp. |
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| 1778 - | The valve flush toilet was patented by Joseph Bramh |
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