| 1986 - | It was revealed that the US Air Force accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate |
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| 1984 - | Bernard Youens, better known as Stan Ogden in the TV series Coronation Street, died aged 69 |
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| 1976 - | The Labour MP John Stonehouse resigned following his conviction for theft and fraud |
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| 1966 - | Francis Chichester set sail on his round the World solo voyage, which he completed the following May |
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| 1962 - | The US spacecraft Mariner 2 was launched, which made the first Venus flyby |
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| 1958 - | The USSR launched Sputnik 3, carrying two dogs |
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| 1950 - | Live Television pictures were transmitted across the channel to France by the BBC for the first time |
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| 1939 - | The first jet-propelled aircraft, the Heinkel 178, made its first flight |
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| 1915 - | Italy declared war on Germany |
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| 1913 - | A Russian pilot, Lieutenant Peter Nesterov, became the first to perform the loop-the-loop |
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| 1911 - | Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0 |
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| 1910 - | Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park |
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| 1910 - | Wash Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit |
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| 1909 - | Jack Chesbros final Yankee game |
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| 1908 - | Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers |
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| 1903 - | 23rd US Mens Tennis |
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| 1900 - | Battle at Bergendal |
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| 1900 - | Long distance bus services began in Britain |
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| 1883 - | The volcano Krakatoa erupted, the resulting explosion was heard 2200 miles away in Australia |
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| 1859 - | Edwin Drake was the first in the US to strike oil - at Titusville, Pennsylvania |
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| 1784 - | The first balloon ascent was made in Britain by James Tytler at Edinburgh |
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