| 1988 - | Female students were admitted to Magdelene College Cambridge, after 446 years of a male only policy |
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| 1987 - | Sandy Lyle, the Scottish golfer, won the German Masters |
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| 1982 - | After 437 years, the remains of Henry VIII ship the 'Mary Rose' were raised from the seabed |
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| 1980 - | The Soviet Salyut 6 returned to earth its cosmonauts had been in space for a record 185 days |
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| 1980 - | Russian cosmonauts returned to earth, after spending a record 185 days in space |
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| 1968 - | The US spacecraft Apollo 7 was launched from Cape Kennedy, with a crew of three |
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| 1966 - | The General Post Office announced the introduction of a postcode for every home & business in Britain |
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| 1958 - | The BBC TV sports programme 'Grandstand' was first transmitted |
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| 1923 - | Rampant inflation in Germany caused the mark to drop to an exchange rate of 10,000,000,000 to the pound |
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| 1919 - | The first ever 'inflight' meals were served on a flight from London to Paris |
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| 1911 - | Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto |
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| 1906 - | SF begins school for Asians |
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| 1906 - | White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game |
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| 1902 - | 8th US Golf Open |
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| 1902 - | Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia |
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| 1902 - | Lawrence Auchterlonie wins US Open golf tournament |
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| 1889 - | James Joule, English physicist, died |
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