| 1991 - | A helicopter carrying EC truce monitors in Yugoslavia was shot at |
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| 1977 - | Elvis Presley, the American rock singing legend, died |
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| 1960 - | The island of Cyprus became an independent republic |
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| 1949 - | Margaret Mitchell, the author of 'Gone With The Wind', died |
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| 1934 - | US explorer Charles Beebe and engineer Otis Barton made a record-breaking dive to 923 m/3028 ft in their bathysphere near Bermuda |
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| 1934 - | US explorer Charles Beebe and engineer Otis Barton made a record-breaking dive to 923 m/3028 ft in their bathysphere near Bermuda |
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| 1934 - | The deepest ever deep sea dive was made, reaching 923m (3028ft), in a bathysphere |
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| 1927 - | Wembley Stadium was sold as a greyhound racing track |
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| 1907 - | Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself sultan of Morocco |
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| 1906 - | -17] 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000 |
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| 1905 - | Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa |
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| 1904 - | NYC begins building Grand Central Station |
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| 1903 - | Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8 |
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| 1899 - | Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist and inventor, died |
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| 1899 - | Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist and inventor, died |
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| 1897 - | The Tate Gallery, funded by the sugar manufacturer Henry Tate, opened |
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| 1821 - | Arthur Cayley, British mathematician, was born |
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| 1821 - | Arthur Cayley, British mathematician, was born |
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| 1819 - | The Peterloo Massacre took place in Manchester |
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| 1738 - | Wilhelm Bunsen, the German chemist who invented the Bunsen Burner, died |
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