| 1985 - | Milton Obote, the President of Uganda, was overthrown |
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| 1984 - | James Mason, the English film actor, died |
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| 1980 - | The deposed Shah of Iran died in exile |
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| 1964 - | Winston Churchill made his last appearance in the House of Commons |
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| 1953 - | The Korean war came to an end, with the signing of the armistice |
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| 1909 - | Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s |
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| 1866 - | The Great Eastern arrived at Heart's Content in Newfoundland, having successfully laid the transatlantic telegraph cable. |
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| 1844 - | John Dalton, English physicist and chemist, died |
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| 1694 - | An act of Parliament founded The Bank of England |
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