| 1990 - | The Broadway show 'A Chorus Line' ended after a 15 year run |
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| 1982 - | Britain announced an air blockade of the Falklands against Argentina |
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| 1969 - | General de Gaulle resigned as President of France |
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| 1953 - | For the first time since its WW2 defeat, Japan was allowed self government |
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| 1945 - | Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was shot by Italian partisans |
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| 1923 - | The first FA Cup final was held at Wembley Stadium |
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| 1919 - | The League Of Nations, forerunner to the United Nations, was formed |
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| 1910 - | 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England) |
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| 1901 - | 1st soccer game between Belgium -8 and Netherlands (0) |
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| 1901 - | Clevelands Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 |
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| 1789 - | Fletcher Christian and the crew of the 'Bounty' muntinied |
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| 1768 - | William Wallace, English mathematician who invented the pantograph, was born |
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| 1603 - | The funeral of Queen Elizabeth I took place |
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