| 1991 - | Sandy Lyle won the BMW 'International Open' Golf tournament in Munich |
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| 1989 - | Shares on the 'Wall Street' stock exchange plunged to record lows following similar falls in London |
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| 1988 - | The Cardinal of Turin confirmed reports that the Shroud of Turin, believed to carry the imprint of Christ`s face, had been scientifically dated to the Middle Ages |
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| 1974 - | Ed Sullivan, the celebrated US TV presenter, died |
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| 1964 - | The world's first Russian three man spacecraft returned safely to Earth |
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| 1954 - | British athlete, Christopher Chataway, created a new 5,000 metres record |
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| 1940 - | Princess Elizabeth, at the age of 14, made her first radio broadcast to child evacuees |
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| 1927 - | Britain's first ever veteran car rally took place in London |
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| 1904 - | Sigmund Freud`s The Interpretation of Dreams was published |
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| 1903 - | Pirates beats Pilgrims (Red Sox) 5 games to 3 in 1st World Series |
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| 1903 - | Victor Herberts Babes in Toyland, premieres in NYC |
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| 1902 - | Arna W Bontemps noted poet and librarian of Fisk University |
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| 1884 - | Greenwich was adopted as the universal time meridian of longitude from which standard times throughout the world are calculated |
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| 1821 - | Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist, was born |
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| 1399 - | Henry IV's coronation took place |
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