| 1992 - | In an Aquarium in Tokyo, a whale gave birth to a baby fathered by a dolphin |
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| 1991 - | 'Punch' Magazine celebrated 150 years of publication |
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| 1984 - | Gina Campbell escaped death, when her boat overturned and broke up in a waterspeed record attempt at the National Watersports Centre |
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| 1967 - | Che Guevara, the argentinian guerrilla leader, was killed in an ambush in a village in Bolivia |
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| 1961 - | Britains youngest ever Conservative MP, Margaret Thatcher, was given her first governmental job |
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| 1940 - | Winston Churchill was elected head of the Conservative party |
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| 1910 - | Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Browns 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won |
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| 1909 - | Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game |
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| 1905 - | Phila As meet Giants in World Series, Giants win 3-0 |
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| 1903 - | 11 (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hrs (NYC) |
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| 1900 - | 8.3 earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska |
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| 1779 - | The first Luddite riots, against the introduction of machinery for spinning cotton, began in Manchester |
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| 1562 - | Gabriel Fallopius, Italian anatomist, died |
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