| 1978 - | Martial Law was declared in Tehran & other cities, Iran, as riots took place |
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| 1974 - | Richard Nixon, ex US Presdient, was pardoned for his part in the Watergate affair |
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| 1966 - | The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened |
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| 1966 - | The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened |
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| 1944 - | The first German V2 flying bombs fell on Britain |
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| 1944 - | German V2 rockets struck London for the first time |
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| 1923 - | Much of the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were destroyed by an earthquake |
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| 1907 - | Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism) |
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| 1905 - | Pitts Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3 |
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| 1900 - | 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas |
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| 1900 - | Parts of Texas, US, were hit by a tornado and tidal waves, which caused over 6,000 deaths near Galveston |
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| 1888 - | The first English Football league matches were played |
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| 1886 - | The city of Johannesburg, South Africa, was founded |
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| 1831 - | William IV was crowned King of Britain |
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