| 1980 - | There was viloence in Northern Ireland during the 9th anniversary of internment |
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| 1966 - | Orbiter I, the first US lunar satellite, was launched |
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| 1966 - | The United States launched its first lunar satellite, Orbiter 1 |
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| 1961 - | Britain first applied for membership of the EEC |
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| 1911 - | Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords |
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| 1911 - | British MPs voted for salaries for themselves for the first time |
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| 1909 - | Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins |
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| 1907 - | Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally |
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| 1906 - | Pope Pius X bans Associations cults |
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| 1904 - | Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest |
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| 1904 - | Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock |
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| 1904 - | Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur |
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| 1904 - | Yankees Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games |
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| 1901 - | Chic White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners |
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| 1900 - | 1st Davis Cup |
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| 1899 - | The screw fitting bottle top was patented by a Yorkshire manufacturer |
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| 1897 - | The RAC motoring organisation was founded |
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| 1896 - | Otto Lillienthal, German aviator, died |
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| 1895 - | The first London Promenade Concert took place |
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| 1889 - | The screw bottle top was patented by Dan Rylands of Hope Glass Works, Yorkshire, UK |
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| 1846 - | The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington DC, to foster scientific research |
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| 1846 - | The Smithsonian Institution was founded in the United States |
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| 1675 - | King Charles II laid the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich |
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| 1675 - | The foundation stone of the Greenwich Observatory was laid by King Charles II |
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