| 1982 - | Phil Silvers, televisions 'Sgt Bilko' & film actor, died |
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| 1982 - | Channel 4 television began broadcasting |
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| 1972 - | Orissa, India, was struck by a tidal wave which killed 10,000 people and left 5 million homeless. |
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| 1962 - | The first ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, was launched |
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| 1959 - | The first stretch of the M1 motorway was opened in Britain |
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| 1959 - | The first section of the M1 motorway was opened |
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| 1940 - | A prehistoric cave painting was discovered in Lascaux, France |
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| 1911 - | The first Woman's Weekly magazine was published in Britain |
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| 1910 - | 1st issue of Crisis published by editor W E B Du Bois |
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| 1904 - | George Bernard Shaws John Bulls Other Island, premieres in London |
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| 1848 - | The first W.H Smith bookstall opened at Euston station, London |
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