| 1994 - | The Channel Tunnel was opened by the Queen and President Mitterand |
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| 1973 - | US President Nixon denied all knowledge of the Watergate affair |
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| 1960 - | Leonid Brezhnev became the President of the USSR |
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| 1957 - | Eliot Ness, the American Government agent, died |
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| 1943 - | Tunis, in North Africa, was captured by WW2 Allied forces |
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| 1932 - | The French president, Paul Doumer, was assassinated |
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| 1926 - | The voting age for women in Britain was lowered to 21 |
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| 1915 - | The liner 'Lusitania' was sunk by German forces off the Irish coast |
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| 1914 - | Johannes de Groot, Dutch mathematician who worked in topology and group theory, was born |
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| 1911 - | Large demonstrations were held in New York, demanding the vote for women |
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| 1910 - | 35th Preakness |
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| 1909 - | Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv) |
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| 1907 - | Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race |
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| 1904 - | Flexible Flyer trademark registered |
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| 1902 - | Soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000 |
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