| 1981 - | Riots continued in Toxteth, near Liverpool |
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| 1978 - | The Queen began an official visit to Canada |
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| 1957 - | The USA test launched the first intercontinental ballistic missile |
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| 1956 - | President Nasser of Egypt nationalised the Suez Canal Company |
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| 1952 - | Eva Peron, the Argentinian leader, died |
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| 1945 - | The Labour Party won a landslide victory in Britain's general election |
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| 1908 - | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was formed in the United States |
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| 1902 - | Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford |
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| 1875 - | Carl Jung, Swiss psychologist, was born |
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