| 1987 - | At auctioneers 'Christies'in London, a painting by Edgar Degas, 'The Laundry Maids', was sold for 7.48 million |
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| 1983 - | In Cumbria, near the Sellafield nuclear plant, seaweed contaminated by heavy radioactivity was discovered |
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| 1964 - | Sir Winston Churchill celebrated his 90th birthday |
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| 1955 - | Floodlights were used for the first time at Wembley Stadium, during an international game with Spain |
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| 1936 - | The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, designed by Joseph Paxton and originally constructed in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, burned down |
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| 1936 - | In London, the 'Crystal Palace' was destroyed by fire |
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| 1931 - | Columbia records and HMV joined to form EMI |
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| 1913 - | Charlie Chaplin made his film debut, in the film 'Making a living' |
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| 1907 - | Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle |
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| 1900 - | A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles |
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| 1900 - | Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet and dramatist, died in poverty in Paris |
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