| 1985 - | A tidal wave struck Bangladesh, causing much damage |
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| 1983 - | A huge IRA bomb exploded at Andersonstown police station, Belfast |
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| 1982 - | The British ship 'HMS Antelope' sank after a fire, in the Falklands conflict |
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| 1976 - | Concordes from Britain & France flew to Washington D.C for the first time |
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| 1958 - | The nuclear reactor at Dounreay began working |
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| 1956 - | The 2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha was celebrated in India |
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| 1948 - | The USSR stopped road & rail traffic between Berlin & the West |
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| 1941 - | HMS Hood, a British warship, was sunk by the German battleship 'Bismark' |
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| 1916 - | Conscription began in Britain |
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| 1909 - | Bristol University granted Royal Charter |
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| 1908 - | Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election |
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| 1908 - | John Masefields Tragedy of Nan, premieres in London |
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| 1905 - | 39th Belmont |
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| 1902 - | Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain |
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| 1902 - | Cleves Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918 |
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| 1900 - | 34th Belmont |
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| 1900 - | Britain annexes Orange Free State |
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| 1862 - | Westminster bridge, across the Thames, was opened |
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| 1543 - | Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, died |
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| 1540 - | William Gilbert, English physician and early researcher into magnetism, was born |
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