| 1985 - | After 73 years the wreck of the 'Titanic' is found by Dr Robert Ballard |
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| 1981 - | Garages in Britain began selling petrol in litres |
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| 1979 - | Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to flyby the planet Saturn |
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| 1974 - | The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fighter created a new record by flying the Atlantic in under 2 hours |
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| 1971 - | The one penny and threepenny coins, ceased to be legal tender in Britain |
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| 1951 - | Britains first supermarket opened in Earls Court, London |
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| 1933 - | The Shape of Things to Come, the classic science fiction novel by H G Wells, was published |
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| 1933 - | H.G Wells published his science fiction novel 'The Shape of the Things to Come' |
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| 1923 - | Nearly 200,000 people were killed in earthquakes in Tokyo and Yokohama |
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| 1923 - | An earthquake struck Japan, killing 300,000 people in Tokyo and Yokohama |
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| 1920 - | The state of Lebanon was created by France, Beirut becoming the capital |
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| 1911 - | M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km |
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| 1906 - | Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time |
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| 1906 - | British New Guinea becomes Australian Papua New Guinea |
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| 1906 - | Joseph Harris (Boston) and Jack Coombs (As) pitch complete 24 inn game |
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| 1906 - | NY Highlanders win 6th game in 3 days from Wash (3 straight DHs) |
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| 1905 - | Alberta and Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces |
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| 1902 - | Tinker, Evers, and Chance appear together for 1st time |
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| 1901 - | Construction begins on NY Stock Exchange |
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| 1886 - | The Severn Tunnel was opened for goods traffic |
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| 1877 - | Francis Aston, English physicist, was born |
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