| 1979 - | The first ever Papal visit to Ireland began, by John Paul II |
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| 1950 - | The first automatic telephone answering machine was tested by the US Bell Telephone Company |
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| 1950 - | The world's first automatic telephone answering machine began its tests |
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| 1944 - | Near the end of World War 2, the Red Army entered Yugoslavia |
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| 1927 - | Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist, died |
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| 1916 - | American John D. Rockerfeller became the world's first billionaire |
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| 1913 - | Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, died |
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| 1913 - | Rudolf Diesel, the German engine designer, died |
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| 1911 - | Gun magazine of French battleship Libert‚ explode |
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| 1911 - | Italy declares war on Turkey |
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| 1911 - | Yanks steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning |
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| 1911 - | Italy declared war on Turkey over who owned Tripoli, Libya |
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| 1908 - | Calgary Rugby Football Union forms |
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| 1907 - | Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral |
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| 1906 - | US intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma |
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| 1904 - | 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) |
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| 1902 - | Impresario David Belasco opens his 1st Broadway theater |
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| 1901 - | Enrico Fermi, US physicist, was born |
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| 1829 - | Britains police force began in London, with Robert Peels 'bobbies' |
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