| 1994 - | The painting, 'The Scream', was stolen from the Norwegian National Gallery |
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| 1991 - | Government ministries and bridges in Iraq were destroyed during the Gulf War |
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| 1973 - | American prisoners, captured in Vietnam, were released |
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| 1961 - | The first spacecraft to the planet Venus was launched |
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| 1912 - | China adopts Gregorian calendar |
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| 1912 - | Last Ching (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan Tung, abdicates |
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| 1912 - | China became a republic, after centuries of rule by an Emperor |
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| 1909 - | National Assn for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms |
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| 1909 - | Netherlands SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter and Wijnkoop) |
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| 1909 - | Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2 |
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| 1908 - | Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female |
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| 1908 - | NY to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in NYC George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel |
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| 1906 - | George Cohans musical George Washington, premieres in NYC |
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| 1901 - | Dutch Penitentiary childrens law proclaimed |
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| 1851 - | Gold was found in New South Wales, which started the Australian Gold Rush |
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| 1831 - | Rubber galoshes first went on sale, in Boston, Massachusetts, US. |
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| 1818 - | The South American country of Chilie became independent |
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| 1809 - | Charles Darwin, English scientist, was born. |
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