| 1965 - | Somerset Maugham the English novelist died in Nice, France, at the age of 91 |
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| 1952 - | Lord Mountbatten was appointed as chief of Allied forces in the Mediterranean, by NATO |
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| 1929 - | Britains first airship, the R101, flew on its first trials |
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| 1925 - | Construction of the Mersey road tunnel began, eventually opening almost ten years later in 1934 |
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| 1909 - | US pressure forces Nicaraguan Pres Jos‚ Santos Zelaya from office |
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| 1908 - | 1st credit union in US forms (Manchester NH) |
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| 1907 - | Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Bkln Navy Yard NY) |
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| 1907 - | Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise |
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| 1905 - | Variety, covering all phases of show business, 1st published |
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| 1903 - | Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers |
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| 1901 - | Boer general Kritzinger captured |
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| 1901 - | Margaret Mead, US anthropologist, was born |
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| 1900 - | Boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony |
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| 1809 - | The marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine was disolved after thirteen years |
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| 1773 - | 'The Boston Tea Party' took place when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the sea |
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| 1653 - | Oliver Cromwell became 'Lord protector of England' |
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