| 1990 - | Telephone numbers in London were changed to 071/081 |
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| 1987 - | Black South African workers went on strike over whites only election |
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| 1983 - | The German government announced that the 'Hitler Diaries' were fakes |
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| 1960 - | Princess Margaret married Mr Armstrong-Jones |
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| 1954 - | Roger Bannister ran the first sub four minute mile |
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| 1937 - | The German zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire in New Jersey, US, killing 36 passengers |
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| 1937 - | The Hindenberg airship caught fire and was destroyed while in the USA |
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| 1930 - | An earthquake struck Burma, killing thousands |
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| 1910 - | King George V ascends to British throne |
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| 1910 - | George V became the King of England |
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| 1907 - | 33rd Kentucky Derby |
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| 1906 - | Temporary permit to erect overhead wires on Market St SF |
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| 1904 - | American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting |
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| 1903 - | Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers |
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| 1902 - | British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die |
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| 1902 - | Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (BG) |
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| 1902 - | Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa |
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| 1856 - | Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychoanalyst, was born |
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| 1840 - | The first ever Penny Black postage stamp was issued |
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