| 1992 - | The first braille cash dispenser was installed, by the Northern Rock Building Society in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear |
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| 1988 - | Grey whales trapped under ice in Alaska became the focus of an international rescue effort |
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| 1982 - | Athletics history was made, when Allan Wells and Mike Mcfarlane crossed the line together at the same time, in the Commonwealth games |
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| 1967 - | Clarence Birdseye, US deep-freezing inventor, died |
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| 1958 - | The first photograph of the far side of the Moon was transmitted from the USSR`s Lunik I |
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| 1949 - | The German Democratic Republic was formed |
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| 1920 - | The first women were admitted to study for full degrees at Oxford university |
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| 1919 - | The Worlds oldest airline KLM was established in Holland |
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| 1908 - | Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece |
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| 1908 - | Serbia and Montenegro sign anti-Austria-Hungarian pact |
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| 1907 - | Frances Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane |
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| 1904 - | NY Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12) |
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| 1900 - | The term orienteering is 1st used for an event |
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| 1885 - | Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, was born |
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| 1806 - | The first carbon paper was patented by its English inventor, Ralph Wedgwood |
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| 1769 - | English explorer, Captain Cook, discovered New Zealand |
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