| 1987 - | A cross-channel ferry left Zeebrugge, Belgium, with its bow doors open it capsized suddenly outside the harbour, killing over 180 passengers. |
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| 1987 - | The ferry 'Herald of Free Enterprise' capsized outside Zeebrugge harbour |
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| 1984 - | The National Coal Board announced a plan of massive job cuts & pit closures |
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| 1961 - | George Formby, the English entertainer, died |
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| 1957 - | Israel completed its withdrawl from Sinai, Middle East |
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| 1937 - | VALUESentina Tereshkova, Soviet astronaut, was born. |
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| 1930 - | Clarence Birdseye`s first frozen foods went on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts, US. |
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| 1930 - | The first ever frozen foods went on sale in the United States |
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| 1909 - | Gerhart Hauptmanns Griselda, premieres in Vienna |
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| 1906 - | Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance |
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| 1906 - | Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands |
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| 1906 - | Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Soc of Civil Engineers |
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| 1902 - | Census Bureau forms |
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| 1900 - | Gottlieb Daimler, German motor engineer who invented the motorcycle, died. |
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| 1899 - | Aspirin was patented by chemist Felix Hoffman. |
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| 1899 - | The drug 'aspirin' was patented by Felix Hoffman |
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| 1836 - | The seige at the Alamo, Texas, ended after 12 days with only a handul of survivors |
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