| 1988 - | After over four and a half thousand episodes, the soap 'Crossroads' ended |
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| 1983 - | American actress Gloria Swanson, star of both silent and sound films, died aged 84 |
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| 1983 - | The second space shuttle, 'Challenger' was launched from Cape Canaveral |
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| 1968 - | Martin Luther King, the US black civil rights leader, was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee |
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| 1968 - | Apollo 6, an unmanned test spacecraft, was launched on a Saturn V rocket |
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| 1964 - | The top five places in the US singles charts were all held by the 'Beatles' |
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| 1949 - | The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'NATO' was formed in Washington USA |
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| 1934 - | Cat`s-eye` reflective studs were first used on roads near Bradford, Yorkshire, UK |
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| 1934 - | 'Cats eyes' were used on the road for the first time, in Yorkshire |
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| 1933 - | In the US, 73 people died when the helium-filled airship Akron crashed into the sea off the New Jersey coast |
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| 1929 - | Karl Benz, German automobile engineer, died |
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| 1912 - | Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia |
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| 1912 - | Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet |
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| 1911 - | Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP |
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| 1905 - | Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 |
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| 1902 - | Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million |
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| 1900 - | Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII |
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| 1900 - | British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet |
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| 1887 - | The world's first woman mayor, Susanna Salter, was elected at Argonia, Kansas |
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| 1841 - | William Harrison, the 9th US President, died of pneumonia after only holding the office for 30 days |
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| 1617 - | John Napier, Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms, died |
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