| 1987 - | The use of the cane in British state schools was banned |
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| 1975 - | Mujibur Rahman, the leader of Bangladesh, was assassinated |
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| 1969 - | The Woodstock music festival, in New York state, took place |
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| 1965 - | The US National Guard was called out to deal with race riots in Los Angeles |
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| 1948 - | Korea proclaimed itself a republic |
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| 1947 - | India gained its independence from Britain |
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| 1944 - | Allied forces landed in the south of France; Marseilles was captured |
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| 1911 - | Procter and Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening |
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| 1908 - | Prussian women were given the right to attend university |
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| 1906 - | 1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago |
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| 1905 - | Phila As Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns, Feb-00 in 5 innings |
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| 1901 - | Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro |
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| 1901 - | The Cadillac motor company was founded in Detroit, USA |
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| 1892 - | Louis Victor Pierre Raymond duc de Broglie, was born. His 1924 doctoral theory proposed wave-particle duality |
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| 1892 - | Louis Victor Pierre Raymond duc de Broglie, was born. His 1924 doctoral theory proposed wave-particle duality |
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| 1543 - | The Jesuit order was founded in Paris |
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