| 1988 - | Prince Charles narrowly missed being killed in an avalanche during a skiing trip |
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| 1986 - | The American movie star Ray Milland died |
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| 1977 - | It was discovered that the planet Uranus had rings |
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| 1969 - | James Earl Ray was found guilty of the murder of Martin Luther King and sentenced to 99 years in jail |
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| 1910 - | China ends slavery |
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| 1910 - | Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing |
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| 1910 - | The first film made in Hollywood was released; called 'Old California' |
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| 1909 - | Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title |
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| 1906 - | 1st performance of Maurice Ravels Sonatine |
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| 1906 - | Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France |
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| 1906 - | London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) |
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| 1906 - | In Britain, the Bakerloo line was opened on the London underground |
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| 1905 - | Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) |
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| 1903 - | Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine |
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| 1903 - | Stanley Cup |
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| 1902 - | Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri |
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| 1900 - | Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) |
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| 1886 - | The first Crufts dog show to be held in London took place, having first taken place in Newcastle in 1859 |
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| 1863 - | King Edward VII married Princess Alexandra of Denmark |
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| 1801 - | The first census was begun in Britain |
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| 1801 - | The first census in Britain took place |
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| 1628 - | Marcello Malpighi, Italian physiologist, was born |
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