| 1990 - | A treaty was signed, forming the basis for monetary union between East & West Germany |
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| 1983 - | Sri Lanka imposed a State of Emergency after election violence |
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| 1980 - | Mt St. Helens, North America, erupted causing widespread damage |
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| 1969 - | The United States launched the Apollo 10 mission to the Moon |
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| 1944 - | The Allies captured Monte Cassini, Italy |
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| 1936 - | The Spanish Civil broke out |
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| 1911 - | Pres/dictator Jos‚ Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends |
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| 1910 - | Passage of Earth through tail of Halleys Comet causes near-panic |
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| 1910 - | The first ever conference on air traffic opened in Paris |
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| 1909 - | Gustav Mahler, the Austrian composer, died |
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| 1904 - | American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco |
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| 1900 - | Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga |
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| 1900 - | Tonga became a British protectorate |
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| 1872 - | Bertrand Arthur William Russell, mathematician, logician and founder of analytic philosophy, was born |
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