| 1985 - | Massive earthquakes in Mexico left more than 4,700 dead and 30,000 injured |
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| 1985 - | Riots broke out in the Handsworth area of Birmingham |
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| 1976 - | Chinese leader Mao Tes-tung died, aged 82 |
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| 1975 - | The United States launched the Viking 2 spacecraft to Mars |
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| 1975 - | Czech tennis player Martina Navratilova defected to the West |
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| 1920 - | Earthquakes struck Italy, leaving tens of thousands homeless |
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| 1915 - | German Zepplins dropped bombs on London |
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| 1911 - | 1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England) |
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| 1911 - | The first airmail service in England began operating |
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| 1909 - | Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title |
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| 1908 - | Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va |
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| 1908 - | Russia takes part of Poland |
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| 1904 - | Mounted police 1st used in NYC |
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| 1904 - | Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports Yankees take 2, Yankee name not official till 1913 |
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| 1903 - | 6 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated |
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| 1892 - | Almalthea, a moon orbiting the planet Jupiter, was discovered |
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| 1850 - | California became the 31st state of the United States |
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| 1737 - | Luigi Galvani, Italian physiologist, was born |
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