| 1986 - | Nigeria and Ghana decided to boycott the Commenwealth Games |
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| 1984 - | The roof of York Minster was destroyed by fire |
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| 1982 - | An intruder managed to get into the Queens bedroom at Buckingham Palace |
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| 1979 - | The American spacecraft Voyager 2 flew past the planet Jupiter |
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| 1978 - | The fomer Prime Minister of Iraq was shot in London |
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| 1972 - | The Northern Ireland ceasfire ended, with several people being shot |
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| 1938 - | Gas masks were issued to Britain's population in preparation for war |
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| 1932 - | King Camp Gilette, US safety-razor inventor, died |
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| 1910 - | Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude |
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| 1908 - | CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms |
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| 1904 - | 10th US Golf Open |
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| 1900 - | Australia accepts its constitution |
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| 1877 - | The first Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship was held |
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| 1816 - | Argentina, in South America, declared its independence from Spain |
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