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Bikinis Introduced

The monument of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on Smolenskaya Embankment near the British Embassy

Birthday of Sherlock Holmes' sidekick, Dr. Watson

The Tonight Show NBC studios marquee on sixth Avenue in Manhattan.

Hugh Grant appears on Tonight Show after Hollywood arrest

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin with his press-secretary Valentina Alekseevna Lantseva at PDs Congress

Yeltsin resigns from Communist Party

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Largest tank battle in history ends

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Jerusalem captured in First Crusade

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Rembrandt born

WWI. German prisoners being marched through the ruins of city of Ypres after the Battle of Menin Road

The battle for Passchendaele begins

Korean civilians killed while fleeing from the North Korean forces, on Aug. 25, 1950. Other refugees continue their flight south. Some civilians were mistaken for North Koreans and shot by UN forces.

Korean War Ends

EAST HAM, LONDON - 19TH FEBRUARY 2021: 1966 World Cup Sculpture of The Champions near West Ham United's old stadium in Upton Park

England win the World Cup

German soldiers invade Poland in armored and motorized divisions in Sept. 1939

Poland surrenders

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Basketball is Invented

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Ian Botham scores over 100 runs & takes 8 wickets in a single inning

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Battle of Stalingrad Ends

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Anne Frank is captured