| 1996 - | Charles Edwin Molnar computer pioneer, dies at 61 |
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| 1990 - | The United Nations launched an aid appeal, when a new famine threatened Ethiopia |
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| 1984 - | Bucks Fizz member Mike Nolan, was seriously injured in a road accident, and put on a 'life support'system |
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| 1982 - | At Greenham Common air-base, 1,000 women staged a sit-in blockade in protest against 'Cruise' missiles |
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| 1926 - | Writer Agatha Christie vanished from her Surrey home, to be found in a Harrogate Hotel under an assumed name |
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| 1907 - | George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG |
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| 1907 - | German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam |
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| 1906 - | German chancellor Bernhard von Blow disbands the Parliament |
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| 1904 - | The Metropolitan Underground in London, UK, went electric |
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| 1904 - | In London, the Metropolitan Underground railway system went electric |
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| 1903 - | Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone (NJ) |
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| 1903 - | Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk |
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| 1901 - | Test debut of S F Barnes v Aust SCG, took May-65 in 1st innings |
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| 1900 - | Battle at Nooitgedacht |
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| 1847 - | Emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', published 'Wuthering Heights' |
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| 1642 - | Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand |
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| 1642 - | New Zealand was discovered by the Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman |
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| 1577 - | Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, in the Golden Hind, on his round the world voyage |
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