| 1989 - | Egypt resumed full diplomatic relations with Syria, after a ten year break |
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| 1984 - | Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was voted 'Woman of the Year', on Radio 4's 'Today' programme |
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| 1979 - | Russia invaded Afghanistan |
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| 1975 - | The Sex Discrimation Act came into force |
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| 1965 - | The BP oil rig Sea Gem capsized in the North Sea, with the loss of 13 lives |
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| 1945 - | The International Monetary Fund was established |
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| 1927 - | Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party |
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| 1906 - | 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI |
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| 1905 - | M A Noble scores 281 (369 mins, 21 fours) NSW v Victoria |
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| 1904 - | Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan) |
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| 1904 - | W B Yeats/Lady Gregorys On Bailes Strand, premieres in Dublin |
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| 1903 - | Sweet Adaline, a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung |
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| 1900 - | Carrie Nations 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS) |
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| 1831 - | Charles Darwin set sail in the Beagle on his voyage of scientific discovery |
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| 1831 - | HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, set sail on its world voyage |
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| 1822 - | Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, |
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| 1773 - | George Cayley, British aviation pioneer, was born |
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| 1571 - | Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, was born |
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