| 1983 - | British Rail announced plans to close 114 miles of track |
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| 1967 - | A report blamed the National Coal Board for the Aberfan disaster, Wales |
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| 1958 - | The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, passed under the North Pole |
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| 1958 - | The nuclear powered submarine Nautilus passed under the North Pole |
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| 1926 - | Britains first traffic lights were set up in Piccadilly Circus |
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| 1914 - | The first ships passed through the completed Panama Canal |
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| 1914 - | The first ship passed through the new Panama Canal |
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| 1907 - | A Royal decree in Portugal made Sunday a day of rest |
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| 1906 - | Wash Natls pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR to win his own game Jan-00 in 10th |
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| 1904 - | British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa |
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| 1858 - | The source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, was discovered |
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| 1792 - | Richard Arkwright, English inventor, died |
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| 1777 - | The La Scala Opera House in Milan was opened |
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