| 1994 - | Russian troops were to join the UN troops in former Yugoslavia |
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| 1990 - | Wives of Royal Navy seamen protested over a decision to allow Wrens to go to sea |
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| 1972 - | There were power cuts in Britain, as power stations ran out of coal during the miners strike |
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| 1965 - | A government report recommended closing half of Britain's railway network |
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| 1960 - | The US nuclear submarine Triton set off to circumnavigate the world underwater. |
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| 1960 - | The nuclear powered submarine 'Triton' set off on its round the world underwater voyage |
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| 1959 - | Fidel Castro became the President of Cuba, overthrowing Fulgenico Batista |
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| 1957 - | Leslie Hore Belisha, the politician who introduced the driving test, died |
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| 1937 - | US scientist W H Corothers obtained a patent for nylon. |
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| 1937 - | An American scientist was granted a patent for Nylon |
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| 1912 - | VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden |
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| 1909 - | 1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC) |
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| 1909 - | Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary |
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| 1905 - | 1st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston |
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| 1903 - | -59øF (-51øC), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record) |
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| 1900 - | 1st Chinese daily newspaper in US publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF) |
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| 1900 - | Stanley Cup |
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| 1892 - | Henry Walter Bates, English naturalist and explorer, died. |
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| 1834 - | Lionel Lukin, English inventor of the lifeboat ,died. |
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| 1822 - | Francis Galton, English scientist and founder of eugenics, was born. |
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