| 1995 - | Microsoft Corp. began selling its highly publicized Windows 95 personal computer software. |
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| 1981 - | Mark Chapman began a life sentence for killing the 'Beatles' legend |
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| 1975 - | The first ever nude performance in a British opera took place at Glyndebourne |
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| 1970 - | A radioactive leak caused the shutdown of part of the Windscale nuclear power station |
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| 1957 - | At the age of 17, Jimmy Greaves made his first football appearance for Chelsea |
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| 1947 - | The first Edinburgh Festival was held |
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| 1942 - | The Duke of Kent became the first member of the Royal family to be killed on active service, when his aircraft crashed |
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| 1911 - | Manuel dArriaga elected 1st president of Portugal |
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| 1909 - | Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal |
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| 1908 - | Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title |
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| 1908 - | NY Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as Comptons Baseball Bulletin at MSG |
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| 1906 - | Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, Jan-00 in 7 inning game |
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| 1905 - | Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 1-Feb in 20 innings |
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| 1904 - | 24th US Mens Tennis |
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| 1904 - | Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian |
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| 1832 - | Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist, died |
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| 79 - | Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in hot volcanic ash |
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