| 1991 - | The Warsaw Pact was officially disbanded |
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| 1969 - | Prince Charles became the 21st Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle |
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| 1967 - | Colour television began broadcasting in Britain on BBC2 |
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| 1962 - | Rwanda & Burundi became independent countries |
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| 1948 - | The Berlin Airlift took place, supplying Berlin's zones by air |
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| 1940 - | The Channel Islands were occupied by German forces |
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| 1937 - | The 999 emergency service began operating in Britain |
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| 1912 - | The first Royal Variety Show took place |
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| 1911 - | German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco |
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| 1911 - | Proclamation removes Dei Gratia from Canada's coins |
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| 1910 - | Chicagos Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0 |
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| 1910 - | Union of South Africa becomes a dominion |
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| 1910 - | White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with Feb-00 loss to Browns |
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| 1907 - | Worlds 1st air force established (US Army) |
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| 1904 - | 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis |
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| 1903 - | 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins |
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| 1902 - | Ranji -230 and Newham -153 add 344 for 7th wkt, Sussex v Essex |
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| 1902 - | Start of Sherlock Holmes Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (BG) |
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| 1872 - | Louis Blériot, French aviator, was born |
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| 1860 - | Charles Goodyear, US inventor, died |
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| 1838 - | Charles Darwin presented a paper to the Linnaean Society in London, UK, on his theory of the evolution of species |
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| 1837 - | The compulsory registration of births, deaths & marriages began |
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| 1690 - | Battle of the Boyne, where the English defeated the Jacobites, took place |
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