| 1994 - | The Queen went on a state visit to the Caribbean |
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| 1972 - | A report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem |
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| 1967 - | Robert Oppenheimer, US physicist, pioneer of the atomic bomb, died. |
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| 1967 - | Robert Oppenheimer, the American inventor of the atomic bomb, died |
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| 1965 - | The Gambia became an independent country within the Commonwealth |
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| 1930 - | US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto. |
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| 1930 - | The planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh |
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| 1915 - | During World War 1, Germany blockaded Britain with submarines |
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| 1911 - | The world's first official regular air mail service began |
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| 1909 - | Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps |
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| 1908 - | 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued |
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| 1906 - | Vincent dIndys Jour D‚t‚ … La Montagne, premieres in Paris |
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| 1905 - | Frank Wedekinds Hidada, oder Sein und Haben, premieres in Munich |
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| 1903 - | Kuyper govt launches anti strike laws |
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| 1902 - | Opera Hunchback of Notre Dame, premieres in Monte Carlo |
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| 1901 - | H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner |
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| 1900 - | Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam |
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| 1900 - | Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured |
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| 1900 - | British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal |
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| 1876 - | A direct telegraph link was set up between Britain and New Zealand. |
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| 1876 - | The first direct telegraph link from Britain to New Zealand was set up |
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| 1745 - | Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist and inventor of the electric battery, was born. |
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