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1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore, with it becoming a British colony five years later.

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1820 King George III, who had reigned since 1760, died aged 81.

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1856 the Victoria Cross was established by royal warrant to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War.

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1860 Anton Chekhov, playwright, was born in Taganrog, Russia.

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1886 Karl Benz patented the first automobile.

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1942 Desert Island Discs was first broadcast by the BBC.

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1996 Venice’s opera house, fatefully named La Fenice (The Phoenix), was completely destroyed by fire, suspected to be arson.