1992 - A tidal wave in Nicaragua killed 56 people and made thousands homeless
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1980 - John Arlott the BBC cricketing commentator retired, after 35 years of broadcasting
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1973 - J.R Tolkien, author of the popular 'Lord of the Rings', died
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1945 - On board the aircraft carrier 'Missouri', in Tokyo Bay, General Douglas MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender
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1914 - The Ottoman Empire began a general mobilisation
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1910 - Henri Rousseau, the French painter, died
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1666 - A fire in a bakery in Pudding Lane, spread to engulf 13,000 buildings; 'The Great Fire of London'
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