| 1993 - | America & the Commonwealth lifted trade sanctions against South Africa |
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| 1976 - | Rhodesia accepted an American and British plan for majority rule |
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| 1971 - | Britain expelled over 100 Russian diplomats for spying |
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| 1970 - | The first automated return of a lunar sample by Luna 16 took place |
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| 1960 - | The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was launched at Newport, Virginia |
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| 1960 - | The USS Enterprise, the worlds first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, was launched |
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| 1953 - | The first ever Cinemascope film, The Robe, had its Hollywood premier |
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| 1908 - | Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1 |
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| 1906 - | St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-Jan in 7 inning game |
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| 1906 - | V Herbert and H Blossoms musical Red Mill, premieres in NYC |
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| 1903 - | Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier |
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| 1903 - | Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle |
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| 1902 - | Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Red Circle (BG) |
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| 1898 - | Howard Walter Florey, pathologist, was born |
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| 1852 - | French engineer Henri Giffaud made the first flight in a dirigible balloon, from Paris to Trappe |
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| 1776 - | The first ever St Leger horse race was run at Doncaster |
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| 1541 - | Paracelsus, Swiss physician, alchemist, and scientist, died |
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| 1501 - | Geronimo Cardano, Italian physician and mathematician, was born |
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