| 1988 - | George Bush was elected as US President, after beating Michael Dukakis |
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| 1987 - | At Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, an IRA bomb exploded,at a Rememberance Day service |
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| 1974 - | After 300 years Covent Garden Market was moved to a new site at Nine Elms London |
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| 1967 - | The first BBC local radio station opened in Leicester |
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| 1965 - | The bill abolishing the death penalty became law |
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| 1958 - | The Everly Brothers reached number one in the singles music charts, with 'Bird Dog' |
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| 1922 - | Christiaan Barnard, South African heart transplant pioneer, was born |
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| 1920 - | The cartoon character 'Rupert Bear' made his first appearance in the Daily Express |
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| 1910 - | 1st Washington State election in which women could vote |
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| 1904 - | Pres Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D) |
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| 1900 - | Theodore Dreisers novel Sister Carrie is published |
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| 1895 - | William Röntgen discovered X-rays during an experiment at the University of Wurzburg |
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| 1656 - | Edmond Halley, English astronomer, was born |
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