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1773 Captain Cook’s Resolution crossed the Antarctic Circle, the first ship to do so.

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1874 conjoined Thai-American brothers Chang and Eng Bunker, regarded as the original Siamese twins, died within two hours of one another, aged 62, in North Carolina.

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1912 Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole, to discover his rival Roald Amundsen had reached it first.

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1983 the BBC introduced breakfast television.

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1991 allied forces launched Operation Desert Storm against Iraqi positions following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.

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1995 more than 6,400 people were killed when an earthquake struck Kobe, Japan.