| 1991 - | The Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended |
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| 1988 - | Matthew Sadler, a 14 year old from Kent, became the youngest person to be a chess International Master |
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| 1982 - | American Ashby Harper became the oldest person to swim the English Channel, at the age of 65 |
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| 1965 - | Astronauts Cooper & Conrad orbited the Earth 120 times in Gemini 5 |
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| 1953 - | The USSR exploded a hydrogen bomb |
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| 1909 - | AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m |
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| 1909 - | Worlds 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins |
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| 1908 - | NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London |
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| 1906 - | Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die |
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| 1906 - | William J Clothier wins the US Tennis Open |
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| 1905 - | Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville |
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| 1904 - | 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis |
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| 1904 - | In St Louis, Missouri, the 3rd Olympic games opened |
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| 1895 - | The English Rugby League was formed |
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| 1885 - | Gottlieb Daimler patented the first motor cycle |
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| 1842 - | The 'Treay Of Nanking' was signed, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain |
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| 1831 - | Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer at the Royal Institute, London, UK |
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