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1967-Ronald Reagan, who
previously worked as an actor
is sworn in as governor of
California.
1981-The Yorkshire Ripper is
apprehended.Peter Sutcliffe
confessed to killing 13 women
1983-English comedian Dick
Emery dies, aged 65, from
cardio-respiratory failure.
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1930-Coubray Tone News, the
work of Edward Coubray and
the first New Zealand made
*talkie*, has it's first public
screening at Auckland's
Plaza Theatre.
1987-The Rock And Roll
Hall Of Fame inducts Aretha
Franklin, it's first female artist.
2004-After hosting the show
for more than 30 years, Casey
Kasen hands over the reins of
the American Top 40 toRyan
Seacrest.
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1939-US aviatrix Amelia
Earhart, the first woman
to fly solo across the Atlantic,
is declared dead at 41 after
disappearing over the Pacific
Ocean in 1937.
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2002-Pop Singer Daniel
Bedingfield, who was born in
New Zealand, hits No.1 on the
UK singles chart with Gotta Get
Thru This
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1982-The TV series Fame
premieres on NBC.
2015-Twelve people are
killed in a terrorist attack
on the offices of satirical
newspaper Charlie Hebdo in
Paris.
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1958-Jerry Lee Lewis' single
Great Balls Of Fire reaches
No.1 on the United Kingdom
pop charts.
1999-The Sopranos debuts
on HBO.
2004-At the Critics, Choice
Movie Awards, The Lord Of
The Rings: The Return Of The
King wins best film.
2016-British musician David
Bowie dies, aged 69, of cancer.
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1846-British forces occupy
the Puapekapeka Pa in
Northland, in the final battle of
NZ's Northern war.
1935-Aviator Amelia Earhart
flies from Honolulu to Oakland
California, becoming the first
person to fly the hazardous
route solo.
2008-New Zealand
mountaineer Sir Edmund
Hilary, who with Sherpa
Tenzing was the first to conquer
My Everest in 1953, dies from
a heart attack.He was 88.
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1939-Timely Comics ( later Marvel )
was founded in New York.
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1929-Wyatt Earp dies in Los
Angeles at the age of 80.
1968-Recorded live at Folsom State Prison in
California, Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison "
album proved to be one of pop music's most
Powerful commentaries on social justice and
helpied expand the global audience for
country music, Cash's home base.
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1948-A 14-year-old Nelson
schoolboy discovered the
oldest fossils ever found in
New Zealand.
1954-New York Yankees
baseball star Joe DiMaggio,
40, weds actress Marilyn
Monroe, 27, at San Francisco
City Hall.
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1945-German U-boat 862 sailed undetected
into Gisborne Harbour,New Zealand.
Around midnight, commander Heinrich Timm
took the submarine into the harbour on the
surface -as far as the Kaiti Basin-but found
only fishing vessels.
He reversed out of the harbour without
firing.
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1941-The Women's Auxiliary
Air Force was formed to enable
the Royal New Zealand Air
Force to release more men for
service overseas during WWII.
1975-Michael Jackson's album
Forever, Michael is released.
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1853-New Zealand gets
a system of representative
government with the creation
of six provincial councils and
a general assembly.
1912-Captain Robert Scott's
expedition arrives at the South
Pole, one month after Ronald
Amundsen became the first
man to reach the destination.
1988-Australian soap Home
And Away screens for the first
time, with a 90-minute pilot
episode on the seven Network.
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1973-John Cleese's Monty Python's
Flying Circus screens on BBC.
1986-The Aids Charity single
That's What Friends Are For, sung
by Dionne Warwick and
Friends ( who include Elton John,
Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight ),
hits No.1 in the US charts
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1903-A new bicycle race called the
Tour De France is announced.
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