| 1989 - | Sir Anthony Quayle died aged 76, Star of many stage and screen productions,including 'Lawrence of Arabia' |
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| 1988 - | Sheila Scott,the first european woman to have flown solo around the world,died |
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| 1987 - | Hundreds of homes and roads were flooded,when torrential rain struck London and the south east |
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| 1964 - | Former President of America Herbert Hoover died, aged 90 |
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| 1911 - | Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St NYC |
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| 1911 - | Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole |
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| 1910 - | 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series |
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| 1910 - | Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar |
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| 1908 - | King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium |
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| 1906 - | Dr Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) |
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| 1905 - | Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days |
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| 1905 - | Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish |
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| 1903 - | US wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada |
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| 1891 - | James Chadwick, English physicist, was born |
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| 1842 - | Grace Darling, the lighthouse keepers daughter, famous for her daring rescue of passengers from a wrecked steamship, died of consumption |
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| 1822 - | The 'Sunday Times' was first published |
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| 1714 - | The coronation took place of King George I |
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