| 1986 - | American warplanes bombed Tripoli, Libya, in retalisation for Libyain terrorism |
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| 1982 - | The Muslims who murdered President Sadat of Egypt were executed |
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| 1961 - | Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, was awarded the Order of Lenin |
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| 1945 - | At the end of World War 2, the Battle of Berlin began |
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| 1942 - | During World War 2, the George Cross medal was awarded to the island of Malta |
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| 1925 - | James Barrie donated his copyright fee for Peter Pan to Great Ormond St Hospital |
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| 1922 - | Insulin was discovered by Canadian physiologist Frederick Banting and J J R Macleod |
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| 1922 - | The drug insulin was discovered by Banting & Macleod |
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| 1912 - | Over 1,500 people died when the passenger liner Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg on its first voyage. |
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| 1912 - | The passenger liner Titanic struck an ice berg; during the early hours it sank |
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| 1911 - | Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St NYC |
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| 1911 - | Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning |
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| 1910 - | Taft is 1st pres to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game |
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| 1909 - | Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henrys lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo |
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| 1909 - | NY Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers |
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| 1902 - | Pope Leo XIII encyclical On Church in US |
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| 1901 - | 1st British motorized burial |
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| 1900 - | An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs |
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| 1900 - | International Exposition opens in Paris |
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| 1891 - | US inventor Thomas Edison gave a public demonstration of his kinetoscope, a moving-picture machine |
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| 1865 - | The American president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated |
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