| 1963 - | The UN Security Council banned the sale of arms to South Africa |
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| 1961 - | Cosmonaut Titov circled the Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 |
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| 1960 - | The Ivory Coast became independent from France |
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| 1959 - | The US launched Explorer 6 to take the first satellite photo of the Earth |
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| 1957 - | Oliver Hardy, the American film comedian, died |
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| 1942 - | American marines began their assault on Guadalcanal |
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| 1926 - | Britain`s first automobile racing Grand Prix was held at Brooklands. The winning automobile averaged 71.61 mph |
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| 1926 - | Britain held its first ever motor racing grand prix at Brooklands |
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| 1913 - | In Britain`s first aviation tragedy, US airman Colonel Samuel Cody was killed when his aircraft crashed at Farnborough |
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| 1909 - | US issues 1st Lincoln penny |
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| 1907 - | Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 2-Jul over Cleveland |
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| 1904 - | Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colo during a flash flood, kills 96 |
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| 1900 - | Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike |
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| 1858 - | Ottawa was chosen as the capital of Canada by Queen Victoria |
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| 1840 - | Parliament banned the employmemt of climbing boys as chimney sweeps |
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| 1711 - | The first ever race meeting was held at Ascot |
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