| 1992 - | Earl Spencer, the father of the Princess of Wales, died |
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| 1988 - | Plans were announced, for the construction of Europe's tallest 'skyscraper', on Canary Wharf, London |
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| 1982 - | The film 'Chariots of Fire' won an 'Oscar' for best film |
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| 1981 - | The first ever London marathon was held; won by an American, Dick Beardsley |
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| 1974 - | US spacecraft Mariner 10 took close-up photographs of the planet Mercury |
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| 1974 - | The American spacecraft Mariner 10 took close-up photographs of Mercury |
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| 1940 - | Bank of England Pound notes were issued containing metal strips as an anti forgery device |
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| 1912 - | Robert Falcon Scott, Antarctic explorer, died |
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| 1912 - | Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary the end cannot be far |
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| 1906 - | Stanley Cup |
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| 1886 - | Coca Cola went on sale in the US it was marketed as a `Brain Tonic` and claimed to relieve exhaustion |
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| 1871 - | Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall in London |
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| 1853 - | Elihu Thomson, US inventor, was born |
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