| 1991 - | 'Star Trek' & 'ST The Next Generation' creator, Gene Roddenberry, died |
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| 1976 - | The National Theatre on London's South Bank was officially opened by Her Majesty The Queen |
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| 1951 - | The Conservative Party, led by Winston Churchill, won the General Election |
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| 1907 - | Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden |
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| 1906 - | US inventor Lee de Forest patents Audion, a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting |
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| 1903 - | Senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin |
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| 1902 - | Maksin Gorkis Na dne, premieres in Moscow |
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| 1902 - | Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die |
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| 1900 - | England annexes Transvaal |
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| 1854 - | The infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' took place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War |
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| 1760 - | In London, King George II died suddenly |
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| 1647 - | Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and inventor of the barometer, died |
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| 1415 - | Henry V's 'Longbowmen' were victorious over the French Knights at the Battle of Agincourt |
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| 1400 - | The English poet Geoffrey Chaucer died |
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