| 1987 - | Sevral sailing ships left Portsmouth, re-enacting the first voyage to Botany Bay |
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| 1981 - | Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded |
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| 1977 - | The eleven day stike in Ulster ended |
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| 1961 - | Gary Cooper, the famous Hollywood actor, died |
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| 1944 - | Hitler gave permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR |
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| 1927 - | 'Black Friday' in Germany; the day when the economic collapse of Germany began |
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| 1911 - | 37th Kentucky Derby |
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| 1911 - | NY Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) |
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| 1909 - | Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands |
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| 1906 - | Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem |
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| 1905 - | James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ |
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| 1846 - | The United States declared war on Mexico |
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| 1607 - | There were widespread riots in England against the enclosure of common land |
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