| 1992 - | Fire severely damaged the 'Brunswick Tower', at Windsor Castle |
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| 1990 - | Margaret Thatcher failed by four votes, to gain outright victory over Michael Heseltine, for leadership of the Conservative Party |
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| 1980 - | The Solar Challenger was flown for the first time, entirely under solar power. |
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| 1947 - | The then Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey |
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| 1945 - | The Nuremburg war crimes tribunal began it's hearings, with 24 Nazi leaders on trial, including Hess & Goering |
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| 1944 - | The lights of Piccadilly, the Strand, and Fleet Street were switched back on after five years of blackout |
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| 1911 - | Gustav Mahlers Tie Song of the Erde premieres in Munich |
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| 1910 - | Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero |
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| 1910 - | Leo Tolstoy, author of the epic book 'War And Peace', died |
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| 1909 - | Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game |
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| 1906 - | George Bernard Shaws Doctors Dilemma, premieres in London |
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| 1902 - | Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race |
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| 1901 - | Opera Gris‚lidis is produced (Paris) |
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| 1889 - | Edwin Powell Hubble, US astronomer, was born |
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| 1805 - | In Vienna, Beethovens 'Fidelio' was performed for the first time |
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