| 1994 - | The car ferry 'Estonia' sank in the Baltic, drowning over 900 people |
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| 1985 - | Rioting broke out in Brixton after a police shooting |
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| 1978 - | Pope John Paul I died, after only being pope for 33 days |
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| 1928 - | Seymour R. Cray, American electronics engineer who was the preeminent designer of the large, high speed computers known as supercomputers, born |
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| 1906 - | US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 |
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| 1904 - | Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, NYC |
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| 1901 - | Guerrillas assault unarmed US soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed |
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| 1895 - | Louis Pasteur, French chemist, died |
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| 1894 - | The founders of Marks and Spencer opened their first shop in Manchester |
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| 1885 - | Simon Marks and Tom Spencer opened their first shop |
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| 1865 - | Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first qualified woman physician in Britain |
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| 1865 - | The first female doctor in Britain became qualified |
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| 1794 - | Britain, Austria and Russia formed an alliance against France |
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| 1745 - | The national anthem, God Save The King, was sung for the first time |
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