| 1990 - | An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, struck near Wrexham in North Wales |
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| 1982 - | Argentinian forces invaded the British run Falkland Islands |
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| 1977 - | Red Rum won the 'Grand National' for the third time |
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| 1966 - | The author C.S Forester, best known for his 'Hornblower' books, died |
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| 1912 - | Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China |
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| 1912 - | Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power |
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| 1912 - | The liner Titanic underwent her sea trials in the Irish Sea |
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| 1908 - | Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday |
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| 1906 - | South Africa complete a 1-Apr series drubbing of England |
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| 1905 - | Cairo-Capetown railway opens |
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| 1902 - | 1st motion picture theater opens (LA) |
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| 1902 - | Country singer Wynonna Judds 1st appearance as a single act |
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| 1902 - | Soccer team MVV 2 forms in Maastricht |
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| 1900 - | 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam) |
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| 1877 - | In London, the first ever human cannonball act was shown to the public |
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| 1873 - | The first ever toilets were fitted on British trains, in the sleeping cars |
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| 1872 - | Samuel Morse, US inventor, died |
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| 1872 - | Samuel Morse, the inventor of the Morse code, died |
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| 1801 - | During the naval battle of Copenhagen, Nelson ignored a signal to withdraw by putting the telescope to his blind eye |
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