| 1986 - | Police invaded the Golden Temple at Amritsar, overthrowing the extremists there |
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| 1985 - | The first ever British black bishop was appointed |
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| 1980 - | Armed men took control of the Iranian Embassy in London |
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| 1979 - | In Britain, the Jubilee Line on the London Underground was officially opened |
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| 1979 - | The Jubilee Line on the Underground was officially opened |
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| 1975 - | The Vietnam war ended, with the South surrendering to the North |
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| 1970 - | American troops entered Cambodia, Asia |
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| 1911 - | Portugal approves woman suffrage |
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| 1910 - | Cleve Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox |
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| 1905 - | 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4) |
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| 1904 - | Ice cream cone makes its debut |
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| 1903 - | NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Wash Senators, 6-2 |
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| 1902 - | Debussys opera Pell‚as et M‚lissande, premieres in Paris |
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| 1900 - | 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match |
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| 1900 - | USA annexes Hawaii |
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| 1803 - | Louisiana was sold to the United States by France |
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| 1789 - | George Washington became the very first US President |
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