| 1991 - | The UN allowed Iraq to begin selling oil again, after the Gulf War ban |
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| 1989 - | Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia |
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| 1968 - | Chester Carlson, US inventor of the xerography photocopying process, died |
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| 1968 - | Chester Carlson, American inventor of the photocopier, died |
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| 1960 - | A new dance craze, the twist, began in the USA |
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| 1960 - | The first Traffic Wardens apperaed on British streets |
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| 1945 - | William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw, was sentenced to hang at the Old Bailey |
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| 1929 - | The 'rocket plane' made its first successful test flight |
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| 1928 - | Walt Disney's 'Steamboat Willie', with Mickey Mouse, was shown for the first time |
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| 1911 - | Red Tuesday-20,000 protest for universal rights |
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| 1910 - | George Cohans Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, premieres in NYC |
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| 1908 - | Gustav Mahlers 7th Symphony, premieres in Prague |
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| 1904 - | Gen Nogis assault on Port Arthur |
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| 1903 - | King Leopold II deny Belgian cruelty in Congo |
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| 1901 - | 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of Pres William McKinley |
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| 1876 - | The US inventor Melville Bissell patented the first carpet sweeper |
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| 1876 - | The first ever patent for a carpet sweeper was given |
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| 1783 - | The Montgolfier brothers sent up the first balloon with live creatures aboard passengers included a sheep, a rooster, and a duck |
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