| 1983 - | French troops were deployed in the African country of Chad |
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| 1982 - | Barclays Bank began opening on a Saturday |
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| 1979 - | The Fastnet yacht race was hit by severe gales, leading to 17 deaths |
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| 1974 - | The peace talks in Cyprus broke down, and fresh fighting broke out |
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| 1962 - | The seven and a half mile Mt Blanc tunnel was completed |
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| 1956 - | The English novelist and playwright, J.B Priestley, died |
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| 1947 - | The country of Pakistan was created by the British |
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| 1945 - | Japan surrended unconditionally to the allies |
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| 1911 - | General Leconte appointed temporary pres of Haiti |
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| 1910 - | 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC |
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| 1908 - | Race riot in Springfield Illinois |
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| 1907 - | Ha-Tikva adopted as official Zionist hymn |
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| 1905 - | Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa |
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| 1903 - | James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavywgt boxing title |
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| 1901 - | SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska and sinks killing 70 |
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| 1900 - | 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht) |
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| 1900 - | 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion |
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| 1900 - | The Boxer Rebellion, in China, was ended by an international force |
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| 1893 - | France became the first country to introduce vehicle registration plates |
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| 1893 - | France became the first country to introduce vehicle registration plates |
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| 1893 - | Vehicle registration plates were first introduced; by the French |
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