| 1989 - | Irving Berlin, the famous American composer, died |
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| 1985 - | A severe earthquake hit Mexico, killing 2,000 people |
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| 1980 - | The war between Iran and Iraq began |
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| 1972 - | Ugandan leader Idi Amin expelled 8,000 Asians, giving them just 2 days to leave |
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| 1966 - | The first ever 'Star Trek' episode was broadcast in the USA |
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| 1921 - | Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were admitted to the League of Nations |
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| 1914 - | German U-boats sank three British cruisers off the Dutch coast |
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| 1911 - | Cy Young beats Pitts Jan-00 for his final career victory, number 511 |
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| 1910 - | Englands 1st aircraft flight |
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| 1910 - | Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms |
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| 1908 - | Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey) |
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| 1906 - | Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21 |
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| 1905 - | 11th US Golf Open |
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| 1905 - | Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks and 2 whites killed) |
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| 1903 - | Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone |
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| 1862 - | Abrahan Lincoln, the US President, ordered American slaves to be freed |
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| 1792 - | France declared itself a Republic, scrapping its monarchy |
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| 1791 - | Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist, was born |
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