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1761 Richard (Beau) Nash, dandy who developed Bath into the most fashionable spa town in England, died.

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1877 The Celebrated Chop Waltz, better known as Chopsticks, music for the piano by 16-year-old Euphemia Allen, was registered at the British Museum.

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1919 President Woodrow Wilson attended the first meeting of the League of Nations in Paris.

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1924 Woodrow Wilson, 28th American president 1913–21, died aged 67.

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1960 Harold Macmillan made his Wind of Change speech to the South African parliament.

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1969 Yassir Arafat was appointed chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.