| 1994 - | Russian troops joined the UN peace keeping forces in Bosnia |
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| 1972 - | The House of Commons voted in favour of Britain joining the Common Market |
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| 1972 - | The Volkswagon 'Beetle' became the most successful production model, selling over 15 million vehicles |
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| 1958 - | The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was formed in Britain |
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| 1911 - | 1st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego) |
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| 1909 - | Geronimo, the American indian Apache leader, died |
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| 1906 - | Theodore Roosevelts daughter Alice marries in the White House |
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| 1905 - | Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall |
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| 1904 - | Giacomo Puccinis opera Madama Butterfly, premieres in Milan |
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| 1883 - | The Vacant/Engaged toilet door sign was patented |
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| 1880 - | The Russian tsar survived an attempted bomb assassination |
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| 1864 - | The first successful submarine torpedo attack took place when the USS Housatonic was sunk by the Confederate submarine Hunley in Charleston harbour however, the force of the explosion was so great that the submarine itself was also blown up, killing all on board. |
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| 1864 - | A submarine was successfully used to attack a warship, for the first time |
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