| 1992 - | UN troops landed in Somalia, Africa, to stabalise the country & provide aid |
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| 1982 - | Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly) died |
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| 1973 - | King Gustav of Swedon died |
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| 1964 - | 'The Sun' newspaper, which replaced the 'Daily Herald', was first published |
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| 1959 - | The Soviet Lunik II became the first spacecraft to land on the Moon |
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| 1959 - | The Soviet Unions spacecraft, Lunik II, became the first to land on the Moon |
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| 1949 - | Dr Adenauer became the first Chancellor of West Germany |
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| 1936 - | A typewriter that could notate music was patented in Germany. It did not catch on. To this day most composers write in longhand, even with the advent of computer programs for writing music. |
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| 1905 - | Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated |
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| 1905 - | Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname |
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| 1905 - | RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on Isle of Man |
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| 1903 - | NY Giant Red Ames no-hits St Louis, May-00 in a 5 inning game |
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| 1891 - | The first ever penalty kick in an English League game was taken |
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| 1886 - | Typewriter ribbons were patented in the United States |
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| 1812 - | Napoleon entered the city of Moscow, during his invasion of Russia |
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| 1769 - | Baron von Humboldt, German traveler and naturalist, was born |
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