| 1 | 16.7.1661 | Event | The Bank of Stockholm issued Europe's first bank notes |
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| 2 | 8.8.1786 | Event | Mt Blanc, the tallest mountain in Europe, was climbed for the first time |
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| 3 | 20.2.1811 | Event | The European country of Austria declared itself bankrupt |
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| 4 | 30.9.1901 | Event | Max Decugis won the first ever European Lawn Tennis Championship |
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| 5 | 23.5.1904 | Event | European ministers were stoned by mobs, in the Haiti capital Port-Au-Prince |
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| 6 | 11.9.1913 | Event | A cholera epidemic continued to spread through much of central Europe |
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| 7 | 28.6.1939 | Event | PAN AM began a regular air service from the United States to Europe |
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| 8 | 12.8.1944 | Event | A pipeline under the Channel beagan supplying fuel to allied forces in Europe |
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| 9 | 8.5.1945 | Event | Victory In Europe Day (VE Day) was declared |
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| 10 | 18.3.1949 | Event | NATO was set up by seven European countries including Britain |
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| 11 | 3.5.1949 | Event | A ten nations conference in London formed the Council of Europe |
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| 12 | 27.5.1952 | Event | The European Defence Community Treaty was signed |
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| 13 | 25.3.1957 | Event | The treaty of Rome was signed by six nations, to establish the European Economic Community |
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| 14 | 2.9.1965 | Birthday | Lennox Lewis, European & Commonwealth heavyweight champion |
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| 15 | 3.9.1967 | Event | Sweden changed to driving on the on the right side of the road, in common with most of Europe |
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| 16 | 29.1.1969 | Event | Britain was refused entry into the European Economic Community |
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| 17 | 28.10.1971 | Event | The House of Commons voted in favour of Britain joining the European Common Market |
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| 18 | 25.9.1972 | Event | Norway voted not to join the European Community |
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| 19 | 1.1.1973 | Event | Britain became a member of the European Economic Community |
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| 20 | 10.6.1979 | Event | The first ever European Assembly elections were held |
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| 21 | 1.1.1981 | Event | Greece became the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community |
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| 22 | 27.2.1982 | Event | Legislation in the European Court was passed, banning corporal punishment in schools |
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| 23 | 25.8.1983 | Event | Adrian Moorhouse won a gold medal at the European swimming championships in Rome |
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| 24 | 23.10.1983 | Event | Two million people marched in Western European capital cities demonstrating against the deployment of 'Cruise' and 'Pershing' missiles |
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| 25 | 2.7.1985 | Event | The European spacecraft 'Giotto' was launched to Halley's comet |
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| 26 | 29.3.1988 | Event | Plans were announced, for the construction of Europe's tallest 'skyscraper', on Canary Wharf, London |
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| 27 | 20.10.1988 | Event | Sheila Scott,the first european woman to have flown solo around the world,died |
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| 28 | 26.6.1990 | Event | Europe began to study ways into financially helping the USSR |
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| 29 | 11.12.1991 | Event | Spanish golfer Seve Ballsteros was awarded the Ritz Club, European Golfer of the Year Award |
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| 30 | 14.3.1992 | Event | Jimmy White won the European snooker championship |
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| 31 | 27.5.1992 | Event | The European Community began a trade ban on Serbia for its actions in Bosnia |
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| 32 | 31.1.1995 | Event | Extensive foolding struck much of Europe; Holland alone evacuated 100,000 people in danger |
