| 1991 - | British film director, Tony Richardson, died |
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| 1973 - | Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey |
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| 1963 - | The island of Surtsey off Iceland was born by the eruption of an underwater volcano |
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| 1963 - | As a result of volcanic activity,the Icelandic island of Surtsey was born |
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| 1941 - | The Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier, was sunk |
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| 1940 - | Coventry Cathedral was destroyed by German bombs, which also killed 1,000 people in the city |
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| 1922 - | The first regular news bulletin was broadcast by the BBC station 2LO, in London's Strand |
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| 1922 - | BBC radio was first broadcast from Alexandra Palace |
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| 1910 - | 1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va |
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| 1910 - | The first take off by an aircraft from a ship took place, from the cruiser Birmingham in Chesapeake Bay |
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| 1908 - | Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light |
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| 1908 - | Oscar Strauss musical Der tapfere Soldat, premieres in Vienna |
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| 1906 - | Roosevelt becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country (Panama) |
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| 1905 - | David Belascos Girl of Golden West, premieres in NYC |
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| 1896 - | The speed limit for motor vehicles in Britain was raised from 4 mph to 14 mph |
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| 1765 - | Robert Fulton, US engineer, was born |
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| 1716 - | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher, died |
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