| 1986 - | Many people were injured during 'Battle of the Boyne' rallies |
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| 1984 - | Robert Maxwell bought the Mirror Group newspapers |
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| 1970 - | Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic ocean in a papyrus boat |
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| 1960 - | The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 5, with two dogs on board |
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| 1920 - | The Panama Canal was opened by American president Woodrow Wilson |
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| 1910 - | Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator, died |
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| 1909 - | 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes) |
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| 1906 - | Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France |
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| 1902 - | Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage |
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| 1901 - | Cy Young wins his 300th game |
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| 1900 - | 114øF (46øC), Basin, Wyoming (state record) |
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| 1854 - | George Eastman, US photographic pioneer, was born |
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| 1794 - | Lord Nelson lost his right eye at the seige of Calvi |
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| 1543 - | Henry VIII married Catherine Parr, his 6th and last wife |
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