| 1984 - | John N. Turner became the 17th prime minister of Canada |
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| 1977 - | Roberto Rossellini, the Italian film director, died |
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| 1968 - | Gaullists won victory in the French National Assembly elections |
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| 1960 - | Belgian Congo became an independent state |
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| 1954 - | The USSR opened its first atomic power plant |
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| 1950 - | The US President allowed American troops to be deployed in Korea |
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| 1946 - | The United States conducted an atomic test on island of Bikini |
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| 1911 - | Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War |
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| 1911 - | US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri closes |
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| 1910 - | Russia absorbs Finland |
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| 1909 - | Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to no decision in 6 for hw boxing title |
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| 1908 - | Bostons Cy Youngs 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Highlanders, 8-0 |
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| 1908 - | Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet?) |
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| 1908 - | A massive explosion, possibly a comet strike, took place in Siberia |
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| 1906 - | John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College |
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| 1906 - | Pure Food and Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act adopted |
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| 1902 - | Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive HRs in same inning |
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| 1900 - | 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die |
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| 1894 - | Londons Tower Bridge was officially opened to traffic |
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| 1660 - | William Oughtred, English mathematician, died |
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