| 1986 - | There was widespread trouble throughout Britains prisons as prison officers went on strike |
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| 1982 - | British aircraft bombed Port Stanley airport, in the Falklands |
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| 1968 - | Legoland, in Denmark, was opened |
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| 1961 - | Betting shops became legal in Britain |
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| 1961 - | Betting shops were legalised in the UK |
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| 1960 - | Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, was shot down and captured by the USSR |
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| 1933 - | A telephone link between Britain and India was established |
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| 1931 - | The Empire State Building, New York, was completed it had cost $41 million to build |
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| 1931 - | The Empire State Building, in New York, was completed |
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| 1926 - | British miners went on strike, & stayed on strike until November |
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| 1925 - | The island of Cyprus became a British colony |
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| 1909 - | Netherlands begins unity with Belgium |
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| 1908 - | Worlds most intense shower (2.47 in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama |
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| 1907 - | Belgium govt of De Trooz forms |
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| 1907 - | Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies) |
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| 1906 - | Phillies John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0 |
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| 1906 - | Troops in Paris made many arrests during a May Day protest |
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| 1901 - | Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox |
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| 1901 - | Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League |
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| 1901 - | Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo |
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| 1900 - | Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah |
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| 1900 - | Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond |
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