| 1993 - | Wolfgang Pauli, German nuclear physicist, died |
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| 1990 - | Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was awarded 'The Order Of Merit' |
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| 1988 - | Andrei P Ershov Russian computer pioneer, dies |
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| 1955 - | Leader of the Labour Party, Clement Attlee resigned, to be created an Earl by the Queen |
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| 1941 - | Pearl Harbour was attacked without a decleration of war by Japanese aircraft, sinking much of the US fleet |
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| 1911 - | Leslie J Stuarts musical Betsy, premieres in NYC |
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| 1911 - | Natl Hockey Assn forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria |
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| 1909 - | Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite) |
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| 1907 - | Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring |
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| 1817 - | The captain of the famous 'Bounty', William Bligh, died in London |
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| 1783 - | At the age of 24, William Pitt became Britains youngest ever Prime Minister |
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| 1732 - | The original Covent Garden Opera House, known at that time as the Theatre Royal, was opened |
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| 1431 - | In Paris, Henry VI of England was crowned King of France |
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