| 1985 - | The BBC's first television announcer, Leslie Mitchell, died |
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| 1979 - | In Dublin, Thomas McMahon was found guilty of the murder of Lord Mountbatten, and given a life sentence |
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| 1963 - | The first episode of the British BBC TV serial Dr Who was broadcast, with William Hartnell as Dr Who and Anna Ford as his female companion |
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| 1963 - | 'Dr Who' was broadcast for the first time, with William Hartnell as the Doctor |
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| 1957 - | 'Mary's Boy Child', sung by Harry Belafonte, reached number one in the record charts |
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| 1915 - | The famous First World War song, 'Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag', was first published |
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| 1911 - | Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital |
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| 1910 - | Dr Crippen, the notorious murderer, was executed in Holloway prison for poisoning his wife |
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| 1909 - | 7.17 (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) |
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| 1909 - | Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes |
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| 1906 - | Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy |
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| 1905 - | Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti |
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| 1904 - | 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis |
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| 1903 - | Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in Rigoletto |
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| 1889 - | The first juke box was installed in the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco |
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| 1852 - | In St Helier Jersey, Britains first pillar boxes were brought into public use |
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