| 1985 - | The airport in Frankfurt, Germany, was bombed by terrorists |
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| 1978 - | OPEC agreed not to increase oil prices until end of the year |
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| 1970 - | Edward Heath became PM, when the Conservative Party won the General Election |
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| 1963 - | Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space |
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| 1961 - | The United Kingdom gave up control of Kuwait |
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| 1937 - | J.M Barrie, the Scottish author of 'Peter Pan', died |
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| 1919 - | The captured German fleet was destroyed at Scapa Flow, Shetland |
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| 1917 - | Women over the age of 30 got the vote in Britain |
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| 1910 - | 1st airship in service Germany |
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| 1910 - | Fathers Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash) |
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| 1820 - | Joseph Banks, English botanist, died |
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| 1623 - | Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, was born |
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