| 1991 - | Nagano, Japan, was selected as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics |
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| 1977 - | General elections were held in Spain; the first since 1936 |
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| 1972 - | 75,000 attended a gathering of religious leader Billy Graham, in Texas |
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| 1966 - | Youth riots in Amsterdam, which had lasted three days, ended |
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| 1962 - | The Conservatives just won the general election |
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| 1958 - | Greece broke its military links with Turkey over the island of Cyprus |
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| 1945 - | Family Allowance payments in Britain began |
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| 1942 - | The tank war between Britain & Germany reached its peak in North Africa |
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| 1908 - | World congress for Womans rights opens in Amsterdam |
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| 1907 - | 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference |
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| 1904 - | Side-wheeler General Slocum burns in NYs East River (1,031 die) |
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| 1902 - | Canadas Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time |
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| 1902 - | Minor Leagues most lopsided baseball game |
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| 1901 - | 7th US Golf Open |
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| 1869 - | Celluloid was patented in the US |
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| 1844 - | Vulcanised rubber was patented by Charles Goodyear |
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