| 1986 - | British shipbuilders announced major staff cutbacks |
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| 1973 - | The United States launched the Skylab 1 space station |
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| 1961 - | The New English Bible was first published |
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| 1957 - | Petrol rationing in Britain, imposed the previous year, ended |
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| 1955 - | The Warsaw Pact was signed by Eastern bloc countries |
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| 1948 - | A jewish provisional government was formed as British Mandate for Palestine ended |
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| 1940 - | Rotterdam, in Holland, was captured by German forces during WW2 |
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| 1921 - | The British Legion was founded by Earl Haig |
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| 1910 - | Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins |
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| 1908 - | 1st passenger flight in an airplane |
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| 1906 - | Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising |
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| 1905 - | 2nd official intl soccer match, Neth beats Belg 4-0 |
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| 1904 - | 1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis) |
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| 1903 - | President Theodore Roosevelt visits SF |
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| 1842 - | The Illustrated London News, Britains first periodical, was published for the first time |
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| 1686 - | Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German physicist, the first to use mercury in thermometers, was born |
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| 1610 - | Henry IV of France was assassinated |
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