| 1991 - | Salman Rushdie faced new death threats, after a paperback edition of his controversial book was to be published |
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| 1977 - | Winston Churchill's widow, Lady Spencer Churchill, died aged 92 |
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| 1955 - | British engineer Christopher Cockerell patented the first hovercraft |
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| 1955 - | The 'Hovercraft' was patented by British engineer Christopher Cockerell |
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| 1939 - | Douglas Fairbanks Snr., star of stage and screen, died |
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| 1917 - | The worlds worst train accident took place at Modane, France, when 543 people were killed |
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| 1915 - | The first all-metal aircraft, the German Junkers J1, made its first flight |
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| 1915 - | The German Junkers J1, the worlds first all metal aeroplane, had its first test flight |
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| 1906 - | Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish govt member, appointed Sec of Commerce |
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| 1904 - | CMS McClellans Leah Kleschna, premieres in NYC |
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| 1903 - | Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo |
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| 1901 - | Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US |
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| 1900 - | National Negro Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, composed |
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| 1896 - | Guglielmo Marconi gave the first public demonstration of radio at Toynbee Hall, London, UK |
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| 1889 - | Robert Browning, the renowned English poet, died |
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