| 1992 - | At least a thousand people were killed in eastern Turkey by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale |
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| 1967 - | Former West Indian cricketer Sir Frank Worrell died |
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| 1961 - | Black and white Bank of England five pound notes ceased to be legal tender |
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| 1938 - | Nazi Germany invaded Austria, making it a German Reich province |
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| 1930 - | US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto its existence had been predicted 14 years earlier by US astronomer Percy Lowell |
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| 1930 - | Clyde Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto |
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| 1928 - | 450 people drowned when a dam burst near Los Angeles, US |
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| 1927 - | The British army ceased using the lance as an official weapon |
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| 1912 - | Stanley Cup |
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| 1911 - | Ivan Carylls musical Pink Lady, premieres in NYC |
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| 1911 - | Stanley Cup |
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| 1904 - | Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated |
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| 1901 - | American President Benjamin Harrison died |
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| 1900 - | British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state |
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| 1873 - | The Scottish Football Association was formed |
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| 1855 - | Joseph Priestley, English scientist, 1733 Percy Lowell, US astronomer, was born |
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| 1781 - | German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus |
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