| 1983 - | British Leyland launced a new car, the Maestro |
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| 1979 - | A devolution vote in Scotland failed to reach the 40% requirement |
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| 1978 - | The coffin of Charles Chaplin was stolen, only months after being buried |
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| 1966 - | The uncrewed Soviet spacecraft Venus 3 landed on Venus. |
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| 1966 - | The first ever (crash) landing on Venus took place; by the soviet probe Venus 3 |
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| 1954 - | The US conducted its first hydrogen-bomb test at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. |
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| 1954 - | The first American hydrogen bomb test took place on the island of Bikini |
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| 1940 - | Vivien Leigh won an Oscar for her part in 'Gone With The Wind' |
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| 1932 - | The baby son of Charles Lindbergh, the American aviator, was kidnapped |
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| 1912 - | Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane |
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| 1912 - | Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, NYC |
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| 1910 - | 3 passenger trains buried at Stevens Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in US history |
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| 1909 - | 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn |
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| 1904 - | England regains cricket Ashes taking a 1-Mar series lead v Australia |
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| 1780 - | Pennsylvania became the first American state to abolish slavery |
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