| 1992 - | Fighting between government and guerrilla forces in Rwanda continued |
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| 1989 - | Neo-Nazi groups were outlawed in West Germany |
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| 1983 - | The Derby Winner Shergar was stolen; a 2 million ransom was demanded |
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| 1981 - | Billy Haley, the American rock and roll musician, died |
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| 1977 - | Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer, died. |
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| 1974 - | Miners began striking over a wage dispute |
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| 1972 - | A State of Emergency was declared in Britain because of the third month of a miners strike |
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| 1971 - | The first British soldier was killed in Northern Ireland |
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| 1970 - | The worlds first nerve transplant took place in Germany |
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| 1912 - | US Tennis Assn amends rule taking bye away from defending champion |
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| 1909 - | 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) |
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| 1909 - | 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio |
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| 1906 - | Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising |
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| 1904 - | Japan declares war on Russia |
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| 1900 - | Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup |
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| 1830 - | Charles Sturt discoverd the source of the Murray river in Australia |
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| 1811 - | Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, died. |
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| 1700 - | Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, was born. |
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