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Birthdays
1946Cher, American singer and actress
1944Keith Fletcher, Cricketer/coach
1942Lynn Davis, Olympic gold medalist
1924Peter Shore, Labour MP
1915Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader
1908James Stewart, American film actor
1803Thomas Beddoes, English poet
 Events:
1991The Soviet government began allowing citizens to leave the country if they wished
1990An estimated 2 million people across China protested against Martial Law
1986British Rail announced major staff cutbacks in its engineering works
1985The House of Commons agreed to consider Sunday Trading proposals
1978The US launched Pioneer Venus 1, which produced radar maps of Venus
1956The first hydrogen bomb was tested on Bikini Atoll, in the Pacific
1946The bill, nationalising british coal mines, passed its Commons stage
1944An assassination attempt was made on Hitler by his own officers
1941German air-borne forces invaded the island of Crete
1927Britain recognised the independence of Saudi Arabia


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