| 1973 - | The Ulster Assembly, Northern Ireland, sat for the first time |
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| 1971 - | US astronauts David Scott and James Irwin entered their Lunar Roving Vehicle and went for a ride on the moon |
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| 1969 - | The halfpenny ceased to be legal tender in Britain |
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| 1965 - | The advertising of cigarettes on British television was banned |
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| 1964 - | Spacecraft Ranger 7 transmited the first close-up photographs of the Moons surface |
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| 1954 - | The Mountain K2 was climbed for the first time by an Italian team |
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| 1950 - | Sainsbury's opened Britains first self-service store |
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| 1943 - | Jim Reeves, the American country and western singer, died in an aircrash |
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| 1911 - | Hungarian education is only taught in German |
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| 1910 - | Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St Louis, Apr-00 in a 7 inning game |
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| 1910 - | Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration |
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| 1910 - | Dr Crippen was arrested aboard the SS Montrose as it was docking at Quebec charged with the murder of his wife, he was the first criminal to be caught by the use of radio |
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| 1909 - | Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th |
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| 1905 - | Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa |
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| 1901 - | Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands |
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| 1900 - | Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin |
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