| 1985 - | A Japanese jumbo jet crashed near Tokyo, killing almost everyone onboard |
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| 1982 - | A ceasefire was announced in Lebanon, partly due to the actions of president Regan |
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| 1969 - | The world`s first communications satellite was launched - America`s Echo |
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| 1969 - | The world`s first communications satellite was launched - America`s Echo |
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| 1969 - | Echo, the worlds first communications satellite, was launched by the US |
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| 1969 - | A three day street battle started in Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
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| 1965 - | In Britain, the first ever female high court judge was appointed |
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| 1955 - | Ian Flemming, the English novelist of the James Bond books, died |
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| 1944 - | PLUTO, pipe line under the ocean, began operating beneath the English Channel, supplying gasoline to Allied forces in France |
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| 1944 - | PLUTO, pipe line under the ocean, began operating beneath the English Channel, supplying gasoline to Allied forces in France |
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| 1944 - | A pipeline under the Channel beagan supplying fuel to allied forces in Europe |
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| 1905 - | King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp |
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| 1901 - | Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony |
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| 1887 - | Inventor Thomas Edison made the first sound recording |
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| 1883 - | The quagga in Amsterdam Zoo ,died the last of this species in the world |
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| 1883 - | The quagga in Amsterdam Zoo ,died the last of this species in the world |
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| 1883 - | The last ever quagga died in Amsterdam zoo |
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