| 1989 - | The African National Congress(ANC),held its first political rally for almost thirty years,attended by 70,000 supporters |
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| 1989 - | Eight people died, when winds of almost 100mph struck South Wales and the West of England, causing flooding,fallen trees and power cuts |
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| 1986 - | The final section of London's orbital motorway (M25),was opened |
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| 1983 - | Yachtsman Chay Blyth, had to cancel his plans to create a new world clipper record, when his trimaran capsized 500 miles east of New York |
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| 1929 - | New York's 'Wall Street', suffered a 'crash', which became known as 'Black Tuesday' |
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| 1925 - | Klaus Friedrich Roth, German mathematician who solved the major open problem of approximating algebraic numbers by rationals in 1955, was born |
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| 1910 - | Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game |
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| 1905 - | Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured |
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| 1904 - | 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City and Snyder, Texas) |
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| 1904 - | IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (NYC) opens |
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| 1863 - | The International Red Cross was founded by Henri Dunant |
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| 1618 - | Sir Walter Raleigh was executed for treason at Whitehall |
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