| 1984 - | In Kenya, a lightning strike during a football match killed 9 children |
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| 1980 - | British Leyland launched the 'Mini' car |
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| 1967 - | A breathalyzer was used on a motorist for the first time, in Somerset |
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| 1967 - | At Flax Bourton in Somerset, the first British motorist was breathalised |
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| 1967 - | The former Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee died, aged 84 |
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| 1965 - | London`s Post Office Tower, Britain`s tallest building, opened |
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| 1952 - | A rail disaster occured, near Harrow Middlesex, when three trains collided killing 112 |
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| 1909 - | Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 2-Apr in a playoff to win NL pennant |
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| 1908 - | NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) |
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| 1906 - | Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st permanent wave for hair, in London |
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| 1905 - | A permanent waving machine was first used on a woman`s hair, by Charles Nessler |
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| 1904 - | 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) |
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| 1903 - | J M Synges In the Shadow of the Glen, premieres in Dublin |
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| 1891 - | In Manchester & Salford, the first ever street collection for charity took place, and was designated as 'Lifeboat Day' |
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| 1871 - | A cow overturned a lantern in a barn, causing a fire which led to the 'Great Fire of Chicago' |
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