| 1988 - | After a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut returned to Earth |
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| 1986 - | Over 50,000 students demonstrated in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China |
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| 1958 - | Charles de Gaulle was elected, as President of France |
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| 1945 - | The US General George Patton died in Heidelberg, Germany, as the result of a road accident |
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| 1937 - | Walt Disney`s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was shown in Los Angeles, the first full-length animated talking picture |
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| 1937 - | Walt Disney's animation 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs' premiered in Los Angeles |
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| 1913 - | The first ever crossword was published, in the weekend supplement of the 'New York World' |
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| 1910 - | Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies |
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| 1909 - | 1st junior high school established (Berkeley Calif) |
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| 1909 - | Clyde Fitch City, premieres in NYC |
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| 1909 - | U of Coopenhagen rejects Cooks claim that he was 1st to North Pole |
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| 1907 - | Dutch govt of De Master falls due to war budget |
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| 1900 - | Gerhart Hauptmanns Michael Kramer, premieres in Berlin |
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| 1879 - | Ibsens classic play, 'The Dolls House', was first performed at the Royal Theatre, in Copenhagen |
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| 1824 - | James Parkinson, British neurologist, died |
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| 1620 - | The 'Pilgrim Fathers' historic landing took place at Plymouth, in Massachusetts, in the vessel Mayflower |
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