| 1995 - | A massive bomb explosion destroyed much of a federal building in Oklahoma City, USA |
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| 1982 - | The Soviet Union launched the Salyut 7 space station |
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| 1972 - | Bangladesh joined the Commonwealth |
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| 1971 - | The Soviet Union launched the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1 |
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| 1956 - | Film star Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco |
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| 1951 - | The first 'Miss World' contest was held in London, as part of the Festival of Britain |
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| 1911 - | 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2 |
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| 1911 - | George Bernard Shaws Fannys First Play, premieres in London |
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| 1910 - | 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2 |
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| 1910 - | Halleys comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) |
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| 1909 - | 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2 |
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| 1909 - | Joan of Arc, declared a saint |
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| 1907 - | 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2 |
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| 1906 - | 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2 |
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| 1906 - | Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail |
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| 1906 - | San Francisco Earthquake ends killing 452 |
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| 1906 - | Pierre Curie, French chemist and physicist, died |
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| 1905 - | 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2 |
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| 1904 - | 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2 |
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| 1904 - | Much of Toronto destroyed by fire |
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| 1902 - | 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of NY in 2 |
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| 1901 - | 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2 |
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| 1901 - | James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2 |
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| 1900 - | 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2 |
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| 1900 - | Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10 |
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| 1882 - | Charles Darwin, English biologist who developed the theory of evolution, died |
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| 1882 - | Charles Darwin, the developer of the theory of evolution, died |
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| 1775 - | The American War of Independence, against the British, began |
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| 1772 - | David Ricardo, English economist, was born |
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| 1587 - | English captain Francis Drake sank the Spanish fleet in Cadiz harbour |
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