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1066 Edward the Confessor, King of England since 1042, died.

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1592 Shah Jahan, Mogul emperor of India, who ordered the building of the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his wife, was born.

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1855 King Camp Gillette, inventor of his eponymous safety razor, was born in Wisconsin.

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1941 Amy Johnson, record-breaking aviator, died after her aircraft crashed in the Thames estuary.

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1968 Alexander Dubcek became First Secretary of Czechoslovakia’s Communist Party, ushering in the Prague Spring.

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1971 international one-day cricket was born when England played Australia in Melbourne, the Test match having been abandoned due to rain.