| 1984 - | In India, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was murdered by members of her bodyguard |
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| 1982 - | The Thames barrier, part of London`s flood defenses, was raised for the first time |
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| 1952 - | At Eniwetok Atoll, in the Pacific, the US detonated the first hydrogen bomb |
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| 1952 - | The US detonated its first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific |
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| 1951 - | In Britain, 'Zebra' crossings came into use for the first time |
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| 1930 - | Michael Collins, US astronaut, was born |
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| 1926 - | The escape artist Harry Houdini died in hospital, of a burst appendix |
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| 1922 - | Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister and Dictator of Italy |
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| 1908 - | 4th Olympic games ends in London |
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| 1907 - | Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Clubs 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary |
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| 1906 - | George Bernard Shaws Caesar and Cleopatra, premieres in NYC |
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| 1905 - | Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St Petersburg |
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| 1903 - | In Glasgow, the Hampden Park football ground was opened |
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| 1902 - | The first telegraph cable across the Pacific Ocean was completed. |
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| 1900 - | AL pres Ban Johnson writes to NL pres Nick Young seeking peace |
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| 1828 - | Joseph Wilson Swan, English inventor of the electric lamp, was born |
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| 1485 - | The coronation of Henry VII took place |
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