| 1981 - | Prince Charles marred Lady Dianna Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral |
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| 1975 - | The military staged a coup in Nigeria, Africa |
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| 1949 - | The BBC began the first regular television weather broadcast |
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| 1948 - | Bread rationing in Britain ended |
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| 1938 - | Dennis the Menace first appeared in the 'Beano' comic |
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| 1911 - | Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0 |
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| 1910 - | JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory |
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| 1908 - | St. Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics |
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| 1907 - | 1st helicopter ascent in Douai, France |
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| 1907 - | Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England |
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| 1902 - | Union of Orthodox Rabbis of US and Canada forms |
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| 1890 - | Vincent van Gogh, the dutch painter, died |
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| 1833 - | The German composer Robert Schumann died |
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| 1588 - | Drake defeated the Spanish Armada off the coast of Plymouth |
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