| 1990 - | Margaret Thatcher made her last speech outside 10 Downing St. |
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| 1968 - | Enid Blyton, the childrens writer and creator of 'Noddy', died |
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| 1965 - | 'The Seekers', had a number one hit with 'The Carnival Is Over' |
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| 1962 - | Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands died |
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| 1954 - | Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, died |
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| 1948 - | Edwin Land`s first polaroid cameras went on sale in Boston |
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| 1919 - | Nancy Astor became Britain's first woman MP when she was elected at Plymouth |
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| 1911 - | Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico |
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| 1908 - | 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa |
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| 1908 - | Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist, was born |
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| 1906 - | Tommy Burns and Jack OBrien fight to a draw in 20 for hw boxing title |
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| 1905 - | Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin |
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| 1905 - | In Dublin, the Irish political party Sinn Fein was founded by Arthur Griffith |
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| 1904 - | Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa |
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| 1901 - | Gustav Mahlers 4th Symphony in G, premieres |
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| 1859 - | Washington Irving, the American author of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' & 'Rip Van Winkle', died |
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| 1660 - | The Royal Society was chartered in London, UK |
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