| 1986 - | Libya expelled a number western diplomats from their embassys in Tripoli |
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| 1985 - | Prince Andrew opened the new Falklands airport |
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| 1982 - | The liner QE2 sailed to join the Falklands naval task force |
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| 1976 - | Jo Grimond took over the leadership of the Liberal party |
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| 1969 - | The legal age for voting in Britain was lowered from 21 to 18 |
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| 1967 - | John Masefield, the English poet & former Poet Laurete, died |
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| 1949 - | The blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, was officially lifted |
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| 1937 - | King George VI was coronated in Westminster Abbey |
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| 1910 - | 2nd NAACP conference (NYC) |
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| 1910 - | Phil As Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 |
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| 1909 - | 34th Preakness |
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| 1908 - | George Bernard Shaws Getting Married, premieres in London |
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| 1908 - | Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield |
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| 1901 - | Pres McKinley visits SF |
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| 1900 - | Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed |
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| 1900 - | Lord Roberts troops occupies Crown city |
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| 1881 - | Tunisia became a French protectorate |
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| 1820 - | Florence Nightingale, English nursing pioneer, was born |
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| 1803 - | Justus von Liebig, German chemist, was born |
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