| 1985 - | The ordination of women as deacons was approved by the General Synod |
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| 1985 - | The European spacecraft 'Giotto' was launched to Halley's comet |
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| 1982 - | Roy Jenkins was elected leader of the new SDP party |
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| 1976 - | The government used emergency powers to deal with the water shortage crisis |
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| 1973 - | Betty Grable, the famous Hollywood actress, died |
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| 1950 - | American troops landed in South Korea |
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| 1937 - | Amelia Earhart, the US aviator, disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean |
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| 1906 - | Yanks win by forfeit, for their 1st time |
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| 1903 - | AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later |
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| 1903 - | Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs |
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| 1902 - | John J McGraw becomes manager of NY Giants (stays for 30 years) |
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| 1901 - | Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana |
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| 1900 - | Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies |
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| 1900 - | Sibelius Finlandia, premieres in Helsinki |
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| 1865 - | William Booth formed the Salvation Army at Whitechapel, London |
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| 1862 - | William Henry Bragg, English physicist, was born |
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| 1850 - | Robert Peel, the founder of the police force, died |
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