| 1992 - | With the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia & the Ukraine decided to split the Black Sea fleet |
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| 1991 - | The first Presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, were held in Georgia |
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| 1955 - | The Conservative Party won the General Election |
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| 1950 - | Petrol rationing in Britain ended |
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| 1924 - | The United States started limiting immigration, banning all Japanese |
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| 1911 - | 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run |
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| 1907 - | Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 1-Aug in 5 inning game |
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| 1906 - | Archaeological Institute of America forms |
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| 1905 - | A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia |
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| 1903 - | Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of 3 Gables (BG) |
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| 1900 - | British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa |
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| 1896 - | Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov, Russian mathematician who worked on the n-body problem for nearly 50 years, was born |
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| 1865 - | The American Civil War effectively ended with surrender of the last Confederate force |
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| 1846 - | The British 'Corn Laws' were repealed by Robert Peel |
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| 1805 - | Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned King of Italy |
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| 1798 - | Income Tax was first introduced in Britain, on incomes over 200 pounds |
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