| 1991 - | Prime Minister John Major announced plans for his 'Citizens Charter' |
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| 1985 - | Ben Hardwicke, Britains youngest liver transplant patient, died aged 3 |
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| 1971 - | Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, proclaimed its independence |
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| 1965 - | The American manned Gemini spacecraft made three Earth orbits |
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| 1925 - | The teaching of Darwins theory of evolution was banned in Tennessee schools |
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| 1919 - | In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist Party |
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| 1912 - | Dixie Cup invented |
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| 1912 - | Wernher von Braun, German-born US rocket engineer, was born |
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| 1910 - | 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway) |
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| 1903 - | Wright brothers obtain airplane patent |
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| 1901 - | Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast |
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| 1891 - | Goal nets were used for the first time in an FA cup final |
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| 1861 - | In Britain, London`s first streetcars began operating, in Bayswater. |
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| 1861 - | London's first trams starting operating in Bayswater |
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| 1752 - | Canadas first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette, began publication |
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