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Here are some interesting historical events for your coffee morning or tea break.

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1241	The Prince of Wales, Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Iorwerth was forced to agree a peace with King Henry at Gwern Eigron (nr St Asaf)
1632	Birthday of John Locke, English philosopher
1780	Birthday of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter
1831	Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer at the Royal Institute, London.
1842	The Treaty of Nanking was signed between the British and the Chinese, ending the Opium War, and leasing the Hong Kong territories to Britain.
1848	The Boers were defeated by the British army at Boomplatz.
1877	Death of Brigham Young, US Mormon leader
1904	The 3rd Olympic Games opened at St Louis, Missouri.
1915	Birthday of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress
1920	Birthday of Charlie Parker, US jazz saxophonist
1923	Birthday of Richard Attenborough, English actor and director
1949	Birthday of Richard Gere, US actor
1950	Death of Cesare Pavese, Italian novelist
1958	Birthday of Michael Jackson, US pop singer
1960	The first Supertanker discharged oil at BP Milford Haven
1966	At Candlestick Park, San Francisco, the Beatles played their last live concert.
1973	Presidents Sadat and Khaddafi proclaimed the unification of Egypt and Libya, including a plan for a joint Constituent Assembly.
1975	Death of Éamon de Valera, Irish nationalist politician
1982	Death of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress
1987	Death of Lee Marvin, US actor
1991	The Supreme Soviet voted to suspend formally all activities of the Communist Party.
1996	Japanese authorities arrested a former health official on professional negligence charges stemming from a scandal involving the infections of some 2,000 h

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