| 1974 - | The IRA exploded two bombs in two Birmingham Pubs, killing 17 people and injuring 20 others |
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| 1970 - | Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, died |
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| 1953 - | The discovery of the Piltdown Man skull by Charles Dawson in Sussex, England, in 1912 was finally revealed as a hoax |
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| 1953 - | The Skull of Piltdown Man was proved to be a hoax,it had long been believed to be the missing link |
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| 1922 - | Ramsay MacDonald was elected leader of the Labour Party |
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| 1906 - | China prohibits opium trade |
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| 1905 - | 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open |
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| 1902 - | 1st night football game, Phila Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0 |
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| 1902 - | Baseballs Phila Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League |
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| 1901 - | Richard Strauss opera Feuersnot, premieres in Dresden |
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| 1843 - | A Briton, Thomas Hancock, patented vulcanised rubber. He had produced the first ever inflatable toy balloons in 1825 |
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| 1783 - | François de Rozier and the Marquis d`Arlandres made the first human flight when they lifted off from the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, in a hot-air balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers |
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| 1783 - | A Montgolfier brothers hot-air balloon, took Jean de Rosier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 500ft above Paris |
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