| 1993 - | There was further widespread flooding on the Mississippi river, USA |
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| 1991 - | The USSR applied for full membership of the IMF and World Bank |
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| 1986 - | Prince Andrew married Lady Sarah Ferguson in Westminster Abbey |
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| 1981 - | The Polish government announced increases in food prices; this led to a general strike |
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| 1955 - | The world water speed record was broken by Donald Campbell |
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| 1952 - | The military staged a coup in Egypt; forcing King Farouk to abdicate |
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| 1948 - | D.W. Griffith, the American film director, died |
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| 1940 - | The Local Defence Volunteers were renamed the Home Guard |
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| 1907 - | 7th Davis Cup |
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| 1906 - | Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa |
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| 1904 - | Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo |
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| 1903 - | Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car |
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| 1900 - | Pan-African Congress meets in London |
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| 1864 - | Dr Livingstone, the African missionary, returned to England |
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