| 1993 - | Further agreements were reached between the PLO and Israel about self rule in the Gaza Strip |
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| 1989 - | Hungary opened its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany |
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| 1979 - | London talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution opened |
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| 1976 - | Two airliners collided in mid-air over Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
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| 1960 - | The first live league football match was broadcast on television |
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| 1943 - | During World War II, Rome was captured by the Germans |
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| 1938 - | Charles Cruft, the English dog expert, died |
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| 1919 - | The Austrian Empire ended with the signing of the Treaty of Saint Germain |
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| 1910 - | Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber |
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| 1905 - | Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes |
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| 1902 - | Utrecht soccer team UVV forms |
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| 1900 - | 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) |
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| 1839 - | Charles Sanders Peirce, US mathematician who worked on the four colour problem, was born |
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