| 1992 - | The UN continued to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military |
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| 1989 - | An earthquake measuring 5.5 struck New South Wales, Australia |
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| 1980 - | TV-am won the breakfast TV franchise |
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| 1963 - | The last ever broadcast of 'That Was The Week That Was' was made |
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| 1923 - | Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, died |
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| 1923 - | The designer of the Eiffel tower, Gustave Eiffel, died |
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| 1910 - | Opera K”nigskinder is produced (NYC) |
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| 1908 - | Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die |
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| 1908 - | Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died) |
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| 1908 - | An earthquake killed over 75,000 at Messina in Sicily |
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| 1906 - | Ecuador adopts its constitution |
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| 1905 - | Intercollegiate Athletic Assn of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910) |
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| 1905 - | NSW all out for 805 vs Victoria, win by innings and 253 |
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| 1904 - | 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) |
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| 1904 - | The first ever weather reports were published |
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| 1903 - | Clyde Fitchs Glad of It, premieres in NYC |
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| 1903 - | Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die |
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| 1902 - | 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Phila Jun-00 (MSG, NYC) |
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| 1902 - | Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US |
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| 1882 - | Arthur Stanley Eddington, English astronomer, was born |
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| 1879 - | The central part of the Tay Bridge, Scotland, collapsed as a train was passing over it |
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