| 1989 - | A Soviet nuclear powered submarine cuaght fire and sank off the caost of Norway |
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| 1986 - | Sinclair computers, who produced the popular 'Spectrum', were sold to Amstrad |
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| 1982 - | A 200-mile radius naval blockade of the Falkland Islands was announced by the British |
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| 1948 - | The World Health Organisation (WHO) was established |
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| 1947 - | Henry Ford, the man who revolutionised car manufacturing, died |
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| 1939 - | Italy invaded Albania |
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| 1906 - | Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business |
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| 1906 - | There was an eruption of the Italian volcano 'Versuvius' |
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| 1902 - | Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms |
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| 1901 - | SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber |
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| 1891 - | Phineas T. Barnum, the American showman, died |
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| 1853 - | Chloroform was used as an anesthetic on Queen Victoria, during the birth of her eighth child, Prince Leopold |
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| 1827 - | The first matches were sold in Stockton, England, by their inventor, chemist John Walker |
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| 1827 - | Matches went on sale for the first time, produced by John Walker in Stockton |
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