| 1980 - | The American actress Mae West died, aged 88 |
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| 1975 - | King Juan Carlos II was sworn in as head of state, two days after the death of General Franco, the Spanish dictator |
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| 1965 - | In Las Vegas, Cassius Clay beat Floyd Paterson to retain his world heavyweight boxing title |
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| 1963 - | US president J.F Kennedy was shot and killed while travelling through Dallas, Texas |
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| 1963 - | Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as the 35th President of America, shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy |
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| 1946 - | Biro ball point pens went on sale in Britain, invented by Hungarian journalist László Biro |
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| 1938 - | The first coelacanth, a prehistoric fish believed to be extinct, was caught off the South African coast |
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| 1910 - | Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs |
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| 1908 - | 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0 |
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| 1906 - | Intl Radio Telecommunications Com adopts SOS as new call for help |
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| 1905 - | British, Italian, Russ, French and Aust-Hung fleet attack Lesbos |
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| 1900 - | Sir Arthur Sullivan, the famous composer of several operas with his friend W.S Gilbert, died |
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