| 1971 - | The Soviet Union launched the Mars 3 spacecraft to the planet Mars |
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| 1961 - | The last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest ran |
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| 1959 - | The US launched two monkeys into space as part of its test missions |
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| 1951 - | The BBC broadcast the first ever 'Goon Show' on the radio |
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| 1940 - | Holland and Belgium surrended to German forces, during WW2 |
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| 1937 - | Alfred Adler, Austrian psychiatrist, died |
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| 1932 - | The last dam was completed in the Netherlands, creating the Ijselmeer |
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| 1915 - | Women in Berlin demonstrated for peace |
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| 1907 - | Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held |
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| 1906 - | Shields/Cobbs musical His honor, the Mayor, premieres in NYC |
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| 1906 - | The Tsar of Russia made large areas of land available to the peasants |
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| 1904 - | 29th Preakness |
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| 1901 - | 26th Preakness |
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| 1901 - | Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous) |
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| 1900 - | Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) |
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| 1900 - | Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds grandstand |
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| 1900 - | Solar eclipse occurs |
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| 1779 - | Thomas Chippendale, the English furniture maker, died |
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| 1742 - | Britains first ever indoor swimming pool was opened |
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