| 1985 - | Yul Brynner, stage and screen actor (Oscar winner for the film 'The King and I'), died |
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| 1983 - | Sir Ralph Richardson, the stage & screen actor, died after a career spanning over 60 years |
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| 1972 - | John Betjemen was confirmed as the new Poet Laureate |
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| 1961 - | Following a volcanic eruption, the entire population of the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha was evacuated to Britain |
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| 1961 - | The entire population of Tristan de Cunha was evacuated, following a volcanic eruption on the South Atlantic island |
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| 1957 - | A major radiation leak occurred at the Windscale power station in Cumbria |
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| 1930 - | The Tyne Bridge was opened in Newcastle |
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| 1911 - | Sun Yat-sens revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day) |
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| 1908 - | Baseball Writers Association, formed |
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| 1904 - | Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC |
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| 1904 - | Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game and chance at pennant |
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| 1904 - | Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089 |
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| 1902 - | S Afrs president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht |
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| 1731 - | Henry Cavendish, English physicist, was born |
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