| 1976 - | The Ulster Convention was dissolved & direct rule from Westminster continued |
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| 1969 - | The Kray twins were found guilty of murder and given life sentences |
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| 1963 - | Britain had its first frost free night since December 22 of previous year |
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| 1961 - | Alan Shepherd became the first American man in space, taking a 15 minute sub-orbital flight, 115 miles above the Earth. |
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| 1956 - | Telephone weather forecasts began in Britain for the first time |
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| 1953 - | Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, died |
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| 1946 - | Winston Churchill first used the term 'Iron Curtain' in a speech |
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| 1936 - | The British fighter plane Spitfire made its first test flight from Eastleigh, Southampton. |
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| 1936 - | The British Spitfire fighter plane made its first test flight |
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| 1918 - | Moscow became the new capital city of Russia |
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| 1912 - | Spanish steamer Principe de Asturias sinks NE of Spain, 500 die |
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| 1910 - | Ramon Inclans La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon, premieres |
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| 1910 - | Stanley Cup |
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| 1908 - | 1st ascent of Mt Erebus, Antarctica |
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| 1907 - | 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired |
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| 1903 - | Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn |
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| 1900 - | American Hall of Fame found |
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| 1850 - | English engineer Robert Stephenson`s tubular bridge was opened, linking Anglesey with mainland Wales. |
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| 1850 - | The Menai railway bridge, linking Anglesey with the rest of Wales, was opened |
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| 1827 - | Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, died. |
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| 1790 - | Flora Macdonald, the Scottish heroine, died |
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| 1512 - | Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer, was born. |
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