| 1991 - | Rajiv Gandhi, the Indian president, was assassinated |
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| 1990 - | Democracy protests in Zaire ended in 50 deaths |
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| 1988 - | The Hungarian Communist Party leader was ousted |
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| 1981 - | Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of the Yorkshire Ripper murders at the Old Bailey |
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| 1974 - | Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, Stanford University`s first woman Professor of Engineering who specialised in fluid dynamics and control systems, died |
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| 1972 - | Cecil Day Lewis, the English poet, died |
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| 1972 - | Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka |
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| 1911 - | Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row |
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| 1909 - | 1st SF fireboat, David Scannell, launched |
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| 1907 - | Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Mddx v Somerset |
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| 1906 - | 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece |
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| 1906 - | 31st Preakness |
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| 1906 - | Wright Brothers patents an aeroplane |
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| 1905 - | Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School |
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| 1902 - | 36th Belmont |
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| 1900 - | Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative |
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| 1900 - | Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player |
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| 1897 - | The Blackwall Tunnel under the Thames river was officially opened |
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