| 1989 - | Thousands of East German refugees continued to pass to the West |
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| 1987 - | The city of Los Angeles, USA, was struck by an earthquake |
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| 1972 - | Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, English anthropologist, died |
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| 1971 - | Disneyworld, the amusement park in Florida USA, was opened |
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| 1963 - | Nigeria became an independent Republic within the Commonwealth |
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| 1949 - | The People's Republic of China was created |
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| 1918 - | T.E Lawrenec & the Emir of Faisal captured Damascus |
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| 1911 - | United Dutch Diamond workers get 8-hr day |
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| 1910 - | Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair) |
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| 1910 - | Explosion at LA Times (bomb/gas?), kills 21 |
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| 1910 - | Regina Rugby Clubs 1st game, losing to Moose Jaw Tigers, 16-6 |
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| 1908 - | 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague) |
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| 1908 - | Jack Chesbros final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1 |
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| 1908 - | The first Model T Ford was produced in Detroit, USA (costs $825) |
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| 1907 - | Plaza Hotel (5th Av and 59th Str, NY) opens |
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| 1906 - | Hugh Jennings resigns as Balt manager to take over at Detroit in 1907 |
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| 1904 - | JB van Heutsz becomes gov-general of Netherland Indies |
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| 1904 - | Netherlands and Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor |
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| 1903 - | 1st baseball World Series, Pitts Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) |
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| 1843 - | 'The News Of The World' newspaper was first published |
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