| 1983 - | Guy Bluford became the first black American in space |
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| 1981 - | In Iran, the President and Prime Minister were killed by a bomb |
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| 1963 - | To reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war, the Hotline between the US President and the Soviet Premier was established |
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| 1940 - | Joseph John Thomson, English physicist, died |
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| 1936 - | The record for crossing the Atlantic was gained by the liner 'Queen Mary', winning the 'Blue Riband' |
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| 1930 - | Morris Cars announced the arrival of the Morris Major costing 215 pounds |
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| 1926 - | Jack Hobbs scored 316 at Lords, the highest individual score recorded at the ground |
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| 1910 - | Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve May-00 in 11 |
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| 1906 - | Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game |
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| 1906 - | NY Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs |
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| 1905 - | Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa |
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| 1905 - | Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro |
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| 1904 - | Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3 |
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| 1901 - | Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner |
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| 1901 - | Hubert Cecil Booth patented the vacuum cleaner |
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| 1901 - | Hubert Cecil Booth patented the first vacuum cleaner |
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| 1900 - | Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed |
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| 1900 - | There was an outbreak of bubonic plague in Glasgow |
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| 1881 - | The first stereo system, for a telephonic broadcasting service, was patented in Germany by Clement Adler. |
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| 1871 - | Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand physicist, was born |
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| 1860 - | The first British tramway, operated by the Birkenhead Street Railway, was inaugurated by an American, George Francis Train |
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| 1860 - | Birkenhead Street Railway began operation of Britains first trams |
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