1994 - The IRA fired motar bombs at Heathrow airport, but they failed to explode
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1987 - Bobby Locke, the well known South African golfer, died
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1946 - 33 people died & four hundred were injured when barriers collapsed at an FA cup game at Bolton, Lancashire
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1932 - Eamon de Valera was elected President of the republic of Ireland
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1876 - Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent for the first telephone
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1862 - The first battle between iron clad warships took place, during the American Civil War
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1831 - King Louis Philippe founded the French Foreign Legion
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1796 - French leader Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine
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1934 - Yuri Gagarin, First man in space
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1892 - Victoria Sackville-West, English novelist and poet
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1943 - Bobby Fischer, Former world chess champion
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1945 - Micky Dolenz, Singer with the 'Monkees'
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1918 - Mickey Spillane, American novelist
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1952 - Bill Beaumont, Sports broadcaster and former rugby player
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1945 - Procul Harum, (Real name Robin Trower), Pop Singer
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1763 - William Cobbett, English writer of 'Rural Rides'
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