| 1985 - | The Live Aid concerts were held to raise money for famine victims in Africa |
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| 1981 - | Parliament rejected the return of the death penalty |
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| 1967 - | The Public Records Act meant that records were made public after 30 years |
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| 1953 - | The British Steel Industry was de-nationalised |
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| 1930 - | The first ever World Cup football competition was held |
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| 1908 - | 4th modern Olympic games opens in London |
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| 1900 - | Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8 |
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| 1871 - | The first ever cat show was held, in Crystal Palace |
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| 1837 - | Queen Victoria became the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace |
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| 1527 - | John Dee, English alchemist, astrologer, and mathematician, was born |
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