| 1989 - | East German border guards began to dismantle parts of the 'Berlin Wall' |
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| 1986 - | The legendary jockey, Sir Gordon Richards, died aged 82 |
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| 1982 - | Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev died |
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| 1956 - | Johnny Ray reached number one in the charts with 'Just Walking In The Rain' |
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| 1928 - | Hirohito was crowned Emperor of Japan, aged 27 |
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| 1911 - | Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly and charitable works) |
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| 1911 - | Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath) |
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| 1908 - | 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room |
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| 1905 - | Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia |
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| 1871 - | Henry Morton Stanley, who had been sent to track down missing explorer David Livingstone, met him at Ujiji, on Lake Taganyika saying ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’ |
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| 1871 - | Henry Stanley, sent to locate the missing missionary David Livingstone, finally found him |
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| 1775 - | The United States Marine Corps was founded |
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