| 1979 - | The sound barrier on land was broken for the first time by Stanley Barrett, driving at 739.6 mph, in California |
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| 1979 - | The land 'sound barrier' was broken by Stanley Barrett driving at 739.6mph, in California |
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| 1970 - | In Italy, divorce was legalised |
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| 1969 - | The death penalty was abolished in Britain |
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| 1967 - | The British traitor Kim Philby was made a 'Hero of the Soviet Union' in Moscow |
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| 1957 - | An air service between London and Moscow was inaugurated |
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| 1953 - | Robert Andrews Millikan, US physicist, died |
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| 1912 - | The discovery of the Piltdown Man in East Sussex, England was announced it was proved to be a hoax in 1953 |
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| 1905 - | H V Hordern takes Aug-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW v Qld) |
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| 1903 - | The Panama Canal Zone was acquired 'in perpetuity', by the USA for an annual rent |
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| 1890 - | The newly electrified underground system, on Londons City and South London line, carried it's first passengers |
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| 1865 - | Slavery was abolished throughout America |
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