| 1995 - | New M.O.T emission tests were introduced in the UK |
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| 1983 - | 38 IRA prisoners escaped from the Maze prison, Northern Ireland |
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| 1977 - | The Skytrain airliner service to New York started |
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| 1973 - | The three-man crew of the U.S. space laboratory Skylab 2 splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean after spending 59 days in orbit. |
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| 1972 - | Norway voted not to join the European Community |
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| 1957 - | The US National Guard were deployed in Little Rock, USA, to enforce desegregation in schools |
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| 1954 - | 'Papa' Doc Duvalier became the President of Haiti |
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| 1911 - | French battleship Libert‚ explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed |
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| 1911 - | Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park |
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| 1911 - | Italy declares war on Turkey |
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| 1909 - | Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY |
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| 1908 - | Cubs Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout |
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| 1907 - | Jean Sibelius 3rd Symphony, premieres |
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| 1907 - | New Zealand became a dominion within the British Empire |
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| 1906 - | John Galsworthys Silver Box, premieres in London |
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| 1904 - | Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football |
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| 1897 - | Britains first motor bus service began operating |
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| 1818 - | The first blood transfusion using human blood, as opposed to earlier attempts with animal blood, took place at Guy`s Hospital in London, UK |
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| 1818 - | The first human blood transfusion took place at Guy's Hospital in London |
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