| 1988 - | A broadcasting ban was imposed on the IRA, by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd |
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| 1987 - | Nigel Mansell won the Mexican Grand Prix |
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| 1963 - | Harold Macmillan resigned as Prime Minister, succeeded by Sir Alec Douglas Home |
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| 1958 - | The first computer-arranged marriage took place on Art Linkletter`s show. |
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| 1931 - | Thomas Edison, US inventor, died |
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| 1922 - | The British Broadcasting Corporation was officially formed |
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| 1910 - | Edward Forster publishes Howards End |
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| 1910 - | At the Old Bailey the trial began of the infamous Dr Crippen, accused of murdering his wife |
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| 1909 - | Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m |
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| 1908 - | Belgium annexes Congo Free State |
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| 1904 - | Mahlers 5th symphony premieres in Cologne |
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| 1901 - | Belgiums Louise of den Plas begins activities towards women rights |
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| 1898 - | Puerto Rico was formerly taken over by America, from the Spanish |
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| 1871 - | Charles Babbage, English mathematician, died |
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| 1826 - | Britains last national state lottery was held |
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