| 1989 - | English born Jane Webber, a Canadian citizen, became the first woman to cross the Atlantic single handed |
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| 1987 - | French racing driver Didier Peroni and two companions were killed in a powerboat race off the Isle of Wight |
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| 1977 - | New, smaller pound notes, were introduced into the UK |
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| 1940 - | German bombers began night time attacks (The Blitz) on London |
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| 1926 - | Known as the worlds greatest screen lover, Rudolph Valentino died aged 31 after an appendix operation |
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| 1914 - | The Emperor of Japan declared war on Germany |
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| 1911 - | British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany |
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| 1910 - | Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh |
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| 1907 - | Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits NY Giants, Jan-00 in 5 inning game |
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| 1906 - | Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Wash Senators |
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| 1906 - | Cubas 1st president Tom s Estrada Palma asks for US intervention |
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| 1904 - | Automobile tire chain patented |
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| 1903 - | 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state |
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| 1900 - | National Negro Business League organizes (Boston) |
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| 1806 - | Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French engineer, mathematician and pioneer of electrostatic theory, died |
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| 1793 - | In France, the first ever national conscription was introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25 |
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