| 1986 - | Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson announced their engagement |
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| 1982 - | A landing by an Argentinian scrap metal dealer on South Georgia led to the Falklands conflict |
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| 1976 - | The separation of Lord Snowdon and Princess Margaret was announced |
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| 1962 - | A three hundred year old skull was found under the grounds of 10 Downing Street |
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| 1950 - | Edgar Rice Burroughs the US novelist, author of the 'Tarzan' books, died |
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| 1932 - | The Sydney Harbor Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, was opened it was the world`s longest single-span arch bridge, at 503 m/1,650 ft |
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| 1932 - | The Sydney Harbour Bridge was officially opened |
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| 1930 - | The former Conservative Prime Minister, Arthur James Balfour, died |
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| 1907 - | 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewers Ranch, Nevada (state record) |
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| 1906 - | Ermanno Wolf-Ferraris Quattro Rusteghi, premieres in Munich |
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| 1847 - | Mary Anning, English paleontologist who discovered the first ichthyosaurus, died |
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| 721 - | BC The first-ever recorded solar eclipse was seen from Babylon |
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