| 1994 - | Ambulance crews in Manchester were issued with bullet proof vests |
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| 1992 - | Barbara Mills QC, became the first female Director of Public Prosecutions |
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| 1991 - | Debris from Salyut 7, a Soviet space station abandoned in 1986, re-entered the Earth`s atmosphere it was believed that most of it landed in the Atlantic Ocean. |
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| 1991 - | Debis from the Soviet space station 'Salyut 7' fell into the Atlantic as it broke up |
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| 1964 - | Britain and France reached an agreement on the construction of a Channel Tunnel. |
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| 1959 - | Indira Ghandi became the leader of India's Congress Party |
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| 1958 - | A plane carrying the Manchester United football team crashed at Munich airport, killing 7 of the team |
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| 1952 - | King George VI died in his sleep, aged 56 |
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| 1918 - | Women aged 30 and over were given the vote for Parliamentary Elections for the first time |
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| 1911 - | 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Ariz |
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| 1911 - | Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey |
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| 1904 - | Russian-Japanese war began |
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| 1902 - | Young Womens Hebrew Association organizes in NYC |
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| 1900 - | Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) |
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| 1804 - | Joseph Priestley, English chemist, died. |
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| 1685 - | King Charles II died |
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