| 1994 - | Part of comet Shoemaker-Levy crashed into the planet Jupiter |
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| 1981 - | The Humber Estuary Bridge, the world`s longest single-span structure, was officially opened by the Queen |
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| 1980 - | A miliatry coup was staged in Bolivia |
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| 1975 - | The US Apollo spacecraft and the Russian Soyuz craft successfully docked while in orbit |
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| 1974 - | A terrorist bomb exploded in London's Tower of London |
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| 1959 - | Billy Holiday, the famous American singer, died |
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| 1958 - | British troops were sent to Jordan to deal with unrest |
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| 1955 - | Disneyland in California was opened |
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| 1917 - | The British royal family changed their name to 'House of Windsor' |
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| 1911 - | Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army |
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| 1902 - | Orioles forfeit to St Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL |
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| 1900 - | NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas |
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| 1841 - | Punch magazine was published in Britain for the first time |
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