| 1986 - | Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reached Britain |
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| 1984 - | The Queen opened the Liverpool Garden Festival |
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| 1982 - | The Argentine cruiser 'Belgrano' was sunk enroute to the Falklands |
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| 1969 - | The liner QE2 had its maiden voyage |
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| 1965 - | Britains 'Early Bird' satellite began tranmitting TV programmes |
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| 1945 - | Berlin was captured by Russian forces at the end of WW2 |
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| 1911 - | French troops occupy FŠs El Bali Morocco |
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| 1909 - | Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs |
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| 1907 - | Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian govt |
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| 1906 - | 32nd Kentucky Derby |
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| 1905 - | French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work |
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| 1904 - | 30th Kentucky Derby |
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| 1903 - | 29th Kentucky Derby |
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| 1902 - | A Trip To The Moon, the 1st science fiction film released |
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| 1900 - | George Bernard Shaws You Never Can Tell, premieres in London |
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| 1670 - | The Hudson Bay Company, operating in Canada, was created |
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| 1605 - | Massacre of the Jewish community of Bisenz, Austria |
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| 1519 - | Leonardo da Vinci, Florentine artist and scientist, died |
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| 1519 - | Leonardo da Vinci, the artist & scientist, died |
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