| 1985 - | Italy ended catholicism as the state religion |
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| 1982 - | Britain dropped leaflets on Port Stanley, urging the Argentine forces to surrender |
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| 1974 - | Yitzhak Rabin took over from Golda Meir as Israels premier |
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| 1969 - | The last ever episode of the original 'Star Trek' series was broadcast in the USA |
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| 1965 - | Ed White became the first American astronaut to walk in space |
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| 1956 - | Third class travel by rail was abolished in Britain |
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| 1940 - | Paris suffered heavy bombing from German aircraft |
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| 1937 - | The Duke of Windsor married Mrs Wallis Simpson in France |
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| 1911 - | Come Josephine in My Flying Machine hits #1 |
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| 1906 - | Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession |
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| 1726 - | James Hutton, Scottish geologist, was born |
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