| 1986 - | Michael Heseltine resigned as Defence Secretary over the 'Westland affair' |
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| 1972 - | The liner 'Queen Elizabeth' caught fire in Hong Kong harbour |
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| 1972 - | A miners strike began, which caused power cuts and industrial disruption |
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| 1969 - | The supersonic airplane Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol. |
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| 1969 - | The supersonic airliner, Concorde, made its first test flight |
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| 1960 - | Work began on the Aswan High Dam, on the Nile in Egypt |
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| 1957 - | Sir Anthony Eden resigned as British Prime Minister |
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| 1949 - | Tommy Handley, the English radio comedian, died |
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| 1912 - | US marines invade Honduras |
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| 1909 - | Ernest Shackleton reaches 88ø23 south |
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| 1908 - | Frans Schollaert succeeds De Trooz as premier of Belgium |
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| 1908 - | Muir Woods National Monument, Calif established |
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| 1905 - | Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops (1/22 NS) |
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| 1903 - | Baseballs National and American Leagues make peace |
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| 1903 - | Wind Cave National Park, SD established |
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| 1903 - | Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Balt franchise for $18,000 & move it to NYC (Yankees) |
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| 1901 - | NSW -918 defeat S Australia (157 and 156) by innings & 605 |
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| 1848 - | Caroline Lucretia Herschel, English astronomer, died |
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| 1799 - | Income tax was introduced into Britain to raise funds for the Napoleonic War |
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