| 1994 - | Part of comet Shoemaker-Levy crashed into the planet Jupiter |
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| 1982 - | IRA bombs exloded in Hyde Park and Regent's Park |
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| 1975 - | After an 11-month journey, the US uncrewed Viking 1 made a soft landing on Mars |
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| 1974 - | Turkish forces invaded the island of Cyprus |
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| 1973 - | Bruce Lee, the American martial arts film and TV actor, died |
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| 1966 - | A six month wage and prices freeze was announced by the government |
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| 1951 - | King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated |
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| 1944 - | A German officer attempted to assassinate Hitler with a bomb |
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| 1940 - | The first US singles charts were published |
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| 1937 - | Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer, died |
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| 1911 - | Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0 |
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| 1911 - | Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany |
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| 1910 - | Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption |
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| 1906 - | Brooklyn Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cards, 2-0 |
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| 1903 - | Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X |
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| 1837 - | London's first railway station, Euston, was opened |
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