| 1986 - | In the UK, Libyan trainee pilots & aircraft engineers were banned from finishing their courses |
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| 1981 - | Britain was hit by the worst blizzards this century |
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| 1969 - | After 21 years 'Mrs Dales Diary' radio programme ended |
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| 1964 - | The head of the 'Little Mermaid' statue in Copenhagen harbour was stolen |
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| 1959 - | The St. Lawrence Seaway, Canada, was officially opened by the Queen |
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| 1915 - | Australian & New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli |
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| 1905 - | Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld) |
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| 1905 - | Whites win right to vote in South Africa |
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| 1904 - | NY Yankee Jack Chesbros 1st of 41 wins this year |
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| 1902 - | Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game |
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| 1901 - | Erve Beck hits American Leagues 1st home run |
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| 1901 - | New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee) |
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| 1901 - | In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit) |
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| 1874 - | Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and pioneer in the development of radio, was born |
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| 1859 - | Work began on the Suez Canal, Egypt |
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| 1792 - | The guillotine was used for the first time in France on a highwayman |
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| 1744 - | Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer who invented the centigrade thermometer, died |
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| 1744 - | Andre Celcius, inventor of the centigrade thermometer, died |
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