| 1990 - | Iraq invaded Kuwait, which then led to the Gulf War conflict |
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| 1966 - | Marshal Lin Piao became Mao Tse Tungs successor |
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| 1964 - | A US destroyer was attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats on N. Vietnam coast |
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| 1936 - | Louis Blériot, French aviator, died |
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| 1911 - | Ha‹tis dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica |
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| 1909 - | 1st Lincoln head pennies minted |
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| 1909 - | Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers |
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| 1907 - | Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 2-Mar to Detroit |
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| 1906 - | Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak |
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| 1903 - | Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey |
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| 1894 - | Death Duties were first introduced in Britain |
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| 1876 - | Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead while playing poker |
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| 1875 - | Britain's first roller skating rink was opened in London |
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| 1865 - | 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland' was first published |
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| 1858 - | The British government took over the East India Company |
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| 1820 - | John Tyndall, Irish physicist, was born |
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| 1788 - | Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist, died |
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