| 1993 - | Daisy Adams of Church Gresley, Derbyshire, thought to be Britains oldest person, died aged 113 |
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| 1991 - | The Soviet Union came to an end, with the forming of a 'Commonwealth of Independent States' |
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| 1987 - | US President Reagan and Soviet President Gorbachev signed the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty in Washington, DC, the first nuclear arms reduction agreement |
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| 1981 - | Arthur Scargill became leader of 'The National Union Of Mineworkers' |
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| 1980 - | 'Beatle' John Lennon was shot and killed, by Mark David Chapman |
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| 1952 - | Her Majesty the Queen, announced she would permit her coronation to be televised |
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| 1941 - | As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declared war on Japan |
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| 1931 - | Coaxial cable patented |
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| 1909 - | Bird banding society found |
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| 1902 - | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court |
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| 1863 - | Boxer Tom King of England beat American John Heenan, to become the first heavyweight champion of the world |
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| 1841 - | Prince Albert Edward, later Edward VII, became the 'Prince of Wales' |
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