| 1979 - | The nuclear power station at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, suffered a meltdown in the core of one of its reactors |
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| 1979 - | A serious radiation leak occured at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US |
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| 1977 - | The film 'Rocky', starring Sylvestor Stallone, won an Oscar for best film |
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| 1969 - | Dwight D Eisenhower, former President Of the US and wartime General, died |
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| 1964 - | Radio Caroline, Britains first 'pirate' radio station, began broadcasting from a ship at sea |
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| 1945 - | Germany dropped its last V2 bomb on Britain |
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| 1945 - | The last V2 German rocket of World War II fell on London |
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| 1917 - | The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was formed |
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| 1912 - | During the annual 'Boat Race', both Oxford and Cambridge boats sank |
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| 1910 - | The first seaplane took off near Marseille, S France |
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| 1910 - | 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) |
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| 1910 - | Near Marseilles, France, the first ever seaplane took off |
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| 1905 - | Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used |
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| 1902 - | 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record) |
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