| 1983 - | Lars Ljunberg from Sweden became the first person to receive a heart and lung transplant in Britain |
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| 1973 - | In America, Gerald Ford was sworn in as Vice President |
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| 1926 - | Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, introduced a tax on bachelors |
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| 1921 - | As a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the 'Irish Free State' was formally created |
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| 1907 - | Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 |
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| 1904 - | Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) |
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| 1903 - | Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders |
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| 1892 - | Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor, died |
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| 1882 - | The English novelist, Anthony Trollope, died in London |
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| 1877 - | With a recording of himself reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb Thomas Edison demonstrated the first phonograph, in New Jersey, US |
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| 1877 - | Thomas Edison demonstrated the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' |
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| 1774 - | Austria became the first nation to introduce state education |
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| 1492 - | Columbus discovered Hispaniola, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic |
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| 1492 - | Christopher Columbus discovered Hispaniola, later changed to Haiti |
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