| 1994 - | Switzerland announced plans to ban foreign truks from crossing the country by 2004 |
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| 1991 - | Slovenia dissolved all its links with the former Yugoslavia |
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| 1986 - | The Channel Tunnel project was given the official go ahead |
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| 1962 - | US astronaut John Glenn orbited the Earth three times in the space capsule Friendship 7. |
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| 1962 - | John Glenn, the American astronaut, orbited the Earth three times |
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| 1947 - | Lord Mountbatten was appointed viceroy of India |
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| 1912 - | Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture |
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| 1910 - | Britain was struck by a hurricane force winds, killing several people |
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| 1903 - | Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge |
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| 1902 - | Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths, SF |
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| 1901 - | 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes |
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| 1898 - | Enzo Ferrari, Italian automobile manufacturer ,died. |
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| 1811 - | The European country of Austria declared itself bankrupt |
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