| 1986 - | The government announced that Royal Ordnance was to be sold by tender |
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| 1985 - | France led an international campaign for sanctions against South Africa |
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| 1984 - | The Secretary of State announced which councils would be 'capped' because of overspending |
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| 1980 - | Peter Sellers, the English actor and comedian, died |
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| 1974 - | James Chadwick, English physicist, died |
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| 1958 - | The first life barons & baronesses were named under the Life Peerages Act |
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| 1935 - | Greetings telegrams were introduced in Britain |
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| 1925 - | A six-year-old girl became the first patient to be successfully treated with insulin, at Guy`s Hospital, London, UK |
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| 1911 - | Hiram Bingham discovers Lost City of the Incas |
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| 1911 - | Cleves League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3 |
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| 1910 - | Matador Juan Belmonte -18 kills his 1st bull |
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| 1909 - | Bkln Dodger Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pitts Pirates |
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| 1908 - | John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2 |
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| 1905 - | Treaty of Bj”rk” |
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| 1902 - | Trumper a century before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England |
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| 1900 - | Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed |
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| 1824 - | The world's first opinion poll was held in the United States |
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