| 1986 - | A Bugatti sports car was sold for a record 6.5 million dollars |
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| 1977 - | French Somaliland became the independent country of Djibouti |
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| 1975 - | Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, English applied mathematician, died. Taylor`s work is of the greatest importance to the mechanics of fluids and solids and to their application in meteorology, oceanography, aeronautics, metal physics, mechanical engineering and chemical engineering. |
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| 1975 - | The hunting of Finback whales was banned |
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| 1967 - | Barclays Bank opened Britains first cash dispenser |
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| 1961 - | Dr Ramsey became the new Archbishop of Canterbury |
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| 1961 - | NASA's X-15 rocket plane reached a record speed of 4,105 mph |
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| 1960 - | The Soviets walked out on the arms talks with America |
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| 1946 - | Bread rationing began in the UK, just after the war |
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| 1918 - | The parachute was used for first time to save someones life |
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| 1909 - | 23rd US Womens Tennis |
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| 1909 - | Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Neth (Belg count De Lambert) |
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| 1905 - | Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship Potemkin |
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| 1903 - | 9th US Golf Open |
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