| 1984 - | A soviet cosmonaut became the first woman to walk in space |
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| 1981 - | The American spacecraft Voyager 2 reached the planet Saturn |
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| 1978 - | The first test-tube baby in Britain was was born - Louise Joy Brown, at Oldham General Hospital, Lancashire |
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| 1957 - | Tunisia, North Africa, became an independent republic |
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| 1943 - | Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, was forced to resign |
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| 1909 - | Louis Bleriot became the first man to cross the Channel by aeroplane |
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| 1903 - | Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes |
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| 1902 - | James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
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| 1900 - | Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match |
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| 1843 - | Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor, died |
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| 1834 - | Samuel Coolridge, the English poet, died |
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