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American television show King Of Queens airs its final episode, marking the end of the longest American sit-com to date |
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Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood. |
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Mandela's wife jailed for kidnaps -
Winnie Mandela, the wife of anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela, is given a six-year jail term for her part in the kidnap of four youths. |
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Formula One Italian driver Elio De Angelis has a terrible crash with his Brabham at the Paul Ricard circuit in France during a test session. He will die the next day at the Marseille hospital |
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Nasser and Khrushchev divert the Nile -
The Egyptian and Russian leaders end phase one of the construction of the Aswan High Dam by blowing up a huge sand barrage to divert the course of the Nile. |
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Cheers as petrol rationing ended -
Relief across the country as the paymaster general announces restrictions on fuel consumption imposed during the Suez crisis are to be lifted.
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Communist states sign Warsaw Pact:
The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies sign a defence pact in the Polish capital, Warsaw, places all member countries under one military command.
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The Netherlands surrender to Germany. Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe. |
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Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. |
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Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. |
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Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England. |
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