| 1985 - | Julia Hall Bowman Robinson, US mathematician and the first woman to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 1976, died |
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| 1984 - | The first flight of the space shuttle 'Discovery' took place |
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| 1981 - | Britain's civil servants ended their 21 week strike |
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| 1971 - | Apollo 15 (Scott and Irwin) landed on the Moon |
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| 1966 - | England won the World Cup, beating West Germany 4-2 |
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| 1963 - | Kim Philby, who was a secret soviet agent, fled the country |
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| 1948 - | The worlds first radar station, for shipping, opened in Liverpool |
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| 1935 - | The first ever 'Penguin' paperback books went on sale |
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| 1909 - | John A Heyder becomes president of baseballs National League |
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| 1909 - | Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army |
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| 1908 - | Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris |
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| 1905 - | Dutch Covenant of Workers union, NVV, forms |
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| 1902 - | Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (NYC) |
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| 1718 - | William Penn, the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, died |
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