| 1992 - | Terry Waite announced his resignation as the Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy |
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| 1985 - | Ben Kingsley won the best actor Academy Award, for his portrayal of Ghandi |
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| 1981 - | The Social Democratic Party was launched by the 'Gang of Four' |
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| 1973 - | The actor and playwright Sir Noel Coward died in Jamaica |
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| 1958 - | Parking Tickets were first issued to motorists in London |
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| 1939 - | Leonard Nimoy, US actor who played Mr Spock in the TV series Star Trek, was born |
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| 1934 - | Driving tests were first introduced in Britain |
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| 1923 - | A daily weather forecast was broadcast by the BBC for the first time |
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| 1910 - | US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick |
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| 1910 - | William H Lewis appointed asst attorney general of US |
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| 1909 - | August Strindbergs Bjalb-jarle-ti, premieres in Stockholm |
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| 1903 - | American Hotel opens in Amsterdam |
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| 1900 - | 1st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam) |
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| 1886 - | The funeral of the first person to be officially cremated in Britain took place in Woking, Surrey |
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| 1885 - | The first cremation in Britain took place in Surrey, at the Woking Crematorium |
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