| 1992 - | North and South Korea officially ended their 40 year confrontation |
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| 1985 - | The first ever episode of 'Eastenders' was broadcast |
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| 1982 - | In Ireland, the Fianna party won the General Election |
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| 1982 - | John De Lorean's car making company became bankrupt |
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| 1976 - | Iceland broke off diplomatic relations with Britain over the 'cod war' |
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| 1942 - | During World War 2 Darwin, Australia, was bombed by the Japanese |
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| 1916 - | Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist, died. |
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| 1910 - | English premiere of Richard Strauss Elektra |
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| 1906 - | WK Kellogg and Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co |
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| 1906 - | William Kellogg established the Battle Creek Toasted Cornflake Company, selling breakfast cereals originally developed as a health food for psychiatric patients. |
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| 1906 - | William Kellogg founded his breakfast cereal company |
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| 1900 - | British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal |
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| 1897 - | Charles Blondin, the French tightrope walker, died |
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| 1878 - | US inventor Thomas Edison patented the phonograph. |
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| 1878 - | Thomas Edison, the US inventor, patented the phongraph |
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| 1855 - | There were bread riots in Liverpool |
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| 1473 - | Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, was born. |
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