| 1995 - | The Queen began a visit to South Africa, the first royal visit since the end of apartheid |
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| 1990 - | Namibia became an independent country after 105 years |
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| 1980 - | The Pirate radio ship, Radio Caroline, sank |
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| 1974 - | An gunman tried (and failed) to kidnap Princess Anne from her car |
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| 1969 - | John Lennon, of the Beatles, married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar |
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| 1956 - | Tunisia gained independence from France |
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| 1911 - | National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC) |
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| 1911 - | Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC |
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| 1906 - | George B Shaws Captain Brassbounds Conversion, premieres in London |
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| 1840 - | Franz Mertens, Polish mathematician and pioneer of number therory, was born |
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| 1806 - | The foundation stone of Dartmoor prison was laid |
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| 1727 - | Isaac Newton, discoverer of the 'Laws of Gravity', died and was buried in Westminster Abbey |
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| 1602 - | The Dutch East India Company was founded |
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