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1	8.4.1513	Event	The spanish explorer Juan de Leon discovered Florida in what is now the USA
2	21.10.1760	Birthday	Katsushka Hokusai, Japanese painter
3	19.10.1781	Event	The American War of Independence ended, with the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to George Washington at Yorktown, USA
4	6.11.1854	Birthday	John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor
5	4.1.1885	Event	An appendix was successfuly removed for the first time in Iowa, USA
6	4.4.1887	Event	The world's first woman mayor, Susanna Salter, was elected at Argonia, Kansas
7	15.8.1901	Event	The Cadillac motor company was founded in Detroit, USA
8	18.12.1903	Event	The Panama Canal Zone was acquired 'in perpetuity', by the USA for an annual rent
9	7.9.1905	Event	Italy suffered an earthquake, killing thousands and completely destroying many villages
10	16.9.1906	Event	Two car manufacturers, in the USA, merged to form General Motors
11	4.5.1907	Event	Large numbers of immigrants were entering the USA (up to 5,000 per day)
12	1.10.1908	Event	The first Model T Ford was produced in Detroit, USA
13	12.9.1910	Event	The world's first police woman was appointed in Los Angeles, USA
14	26.11.1910	Birthday	Cyril Cusack, Irish writer and actor; appeared in many films
15	18.1.1911	Event	A plane landed on the deck of a ship for the first time, in the USA
16	28.2.1912	Event	The first ever parachute jump from an aeroplane was made, in the USA
17	5.8.1914	Event	The USA declared itself neutral as Germany declared war on the Soviet Union
18	30.6.1919	Birthday	Susan Hayward, American actress
19	9.9.1920	Event	Earthquakes struck Italy, leaving tens of thousands homeless
20	7.2.1922	Event	During an outbreak of the disease 'Foot and Mouth', thousands of cattle were slaughtered
21	24.3.1926	Event	The first Safeway's Supermarket was opened in Maryland, USA
22	6.5.1930	Event	An earthquake struck Burma, killing thousands
23	24.2.1932	Event	Malcolm Campbell set a new land speed record in 'Bluebird', in the USA
24	22.7.1934	Event	John Dillinger, the FBI's most wanted man, was gunned down in Chicago, USA
25	3.9.1935	Event	Malcolm Campbell achieved a new world landspeed record of 301.13mph on Bonneville Salt Flats, USA
26	27.4.1937	Event	The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco USA was opened
27	6.5.1937	Event	The Hindenberg airship caught fire and was destroyed while in the USA
28	27.5.1937	Event	The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA, was opened
29	12.6.1938	Event	Severe flooding of China's Yellow river killed thousands
30	7.2.1940	Event	Walt Disney's 'Pinocchio' had its world premiere, in the USA
31	12.3.1941	Event	Hebrides islanders hid from government officials, thousands of bottles of Whiskey from a shipwreck
32	5.2.1942	Birthday	Susan Hill, Playwright and novelist
33	12.5.1942	Birthday	Susan Hampshire, Film actress
34	13.2.1945	Event	The RAF and USAF mounted a three wave bombing attack on the German city of Dresden
35	16.7.1945	Event	The first atomic bomb was test detonated in New Mexico, USA
36	14.8.1946	Birthday	Susan St. James, American film actress
37	4.4.1949	Event	The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'NATO' was formed in Washington USA
38	3.2.1953	Event	Hurricane force winds,and high tides, caused havoc on the east coast of Britain, leaving many drowned, & thousands homeless
39	27.11.1953	Event	The writer and nobel prize winner, Eugene O'Neill died in Boston USA
40	26.7.1957	Event	The USA test launched the first intercontinental ballistic missile
41	25.9.1957	Event	The US National Guard were deployed in Little Rock, USA, to enforce desegregation in schools
42	19.9.1960	Event	A new dance craze, the twist, began in the USA
43	26.3.1963	Birthday	Susanne Sulley, Of the Pop group 'Human League'
44	13.1.1964	Event	The first 'Beatles' release in the USA sold 1 million copies in three weeks
45	19.5.1964	Event	The USA made an official complaint to the USSR when 'bugs' were found in its Moscow embassy
46	22.9.1966	Event	The first ever 'Star Trek' episode was broadcast in the USA
47	12.10.1967	Birthday	Susan Tully, Actress in TV's 'Grange Hill' and 'East Enders'
48	18.4.1968	Event	An oil tycoon bought the old London Bridge, and shipped it stone by stone to the USA
49	3.6.1969	Event	The last ever episode of the original 'Star Trek' series was broadcast in the USA
50	1.10.1971	Event	Disneyworld, the amusement park in Florida USA, was opened
51	14.3.1975	Event	Susan Hayward, the Oscar winning actress, died
52	17.8.1976	Event	Earthquakes and tidal waves struck the Philippines, killing thousands
53	17.10.1980	Event	Mount St Helens, in Washington State USA, erupted for the third time in 24 hours
54	1.10.1987	Event	The city of Los Angeles, USA, was struck by an earthquake
55	16.10.1987	Event	Hurricane force winds battered Britain, causing severe damage & destroying thousands of trees
56	7.2.1988	Event	Torrential rains and flooding killed 120 people and injured thousands in Rio de Janeiro
57	4.4.1988	Event	After over four and a half thousand episodes, the soap 'Crossroads' ended
58	14.7.1989	Event	Hundreds of thousands of Siberian miners went on strike for better pay & conditions
59	10.9.1989	Event	Hungary opened its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany
60	1.10.1989	Event	Thousands of East German refugees continued to pass to the West
61	24.1.1991	Event	Operation 'Desert Storm' against Iraq continued with thousands of air sorties
62	13.3.1992	Event	At least a thousand people were killed in eastern Turkey by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale
63	2.9.1992	Event	A tidal wave in Nicaragua killed 56 people and made thousands homeless
64	23.7.1993	Event	There was further widespread flooding on the Mississippi river, USA
65	13.9.1993	Event	Israel and the PLO signed an historic agreement at the White House, USA
66	19.4.1995	Event	A massive bomb explosion destroyed much of a federal building in Oklahoma City, USA