| 1981 - | Fresh rioting broke out in Brixton, between youths and the police |
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| 1975 - | The US & USSR launched the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spacecraft |
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| 1965 - | US Mariner transmitted the first close-up pictures of Mars |
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| 1964 - | Mikoyan succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as President of the Soviet Union |
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| 1958 - | United States marines landed in Lebanon, Middle East |
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| 1948 - | The British branch of Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in London |
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| 1912 - | National Insurance contributions began in Britain |
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| 1911 - | 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines |
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| 1909 - | Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs |
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| 1906 - | Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam |
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| 1904 - | 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles |
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| 1902 - | Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch, for Sussex v Surrey (Cricket) |
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| 1901 - | NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0 |
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| 1900 - | President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin |
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| 1869 - | Margarine was patented in Paris, France |
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| 1795 - | The 'Marseillaise' was adopted as the French national anthem |
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