| 1989 - | The remains of the 'Globe' theatre were discovered by archaeologists working on the South Bank of the Thames in London |
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| 1986 - | The Queen became the first British monarch to visit China |
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| 1955 - | The record for swimming the English Channel was broken by an American, Florence Chadwick |
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| 1948 - | The first Morris Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis, was produced at Cowley, Oxfordshire, UK |
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| 1948 - | At Cowley in Oxfordshire, the first Morris Minor came off the production line |
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| 1928 - | The first iron lung was used, at Boston Children`s Hospital, Massachusetts |
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| 1915 - | English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by the Germans for helping allied prisoners to escape |
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| 1907 - | Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series |
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| 1903 - | Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC |
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| 1901 - | Theodore Roosevelt renames Executive Mansion, The White House |
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| 1860 - | Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor, was born |
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| 1859 - | Robert Stephenson, English civil engineer, died |
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| 1492 - | Christopher Columbus sighted his first landfall in the 'New World', which he later named as 'San Salvador' |
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