| 1989 - | The South African government opened up its previously segregated beaches to all races |
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| 1985 - | Feargal Sharkey reached number one in the music charts, with 'A Good Heart' |
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| 1982 - | The space shuttle Columbia returned to earth after its first ever commercial mission, deploying two satellites |
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| 1970 - | Anne Murray received a gold record for Snowbird. She was the first Canadian recording artist to receive a gold record. |
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| 1965 - | The USSR launched Venus III, an uncrewed spacecraft that successfully landed on Venus |
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| 1960 - | The 'Oscar' winning Hollywood superstar, Clark Gable, died |
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| 1909 - | EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms |
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| 1908 - | Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NYs Metropolitan Opera |
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| 1907 - | Oklahoma becomes 46th state |
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| 1905 - | Neth/Russ Count Witte becomes premier of Russia |
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| 1903 - | V Herbert and H Smith musical Babette, premieres in NYC |
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| 1901 - | 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 5-Apr seconds |
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| 1869 - | The Suez Canal, which had taken ten years to build, was formally opened |
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| 1864 - | To celebrate General Sherman?s march to the sea, Henry Clay wrote the song, Marching Through Georgia. |
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| 1824 - | Australian explorer Hamilton Hume discovered the Murray River, the longest river in Australia |
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| 1665 - | The 'London Gazette' was first published |
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| 1272 - | King Henry III of England died in Westminster |
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