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1659 the first known British cheque (for £400) was written by Nicholas Vanacker.

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1824 the first meeting of the Athenaeum Club — for “Literary and Scientific men and followers of the Fine Arts” — took place in London.

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1923 the archaeologist Howard Carter entered the sealed burial chamber of Tutankhamun in Thebes, Egypt. (The ruins of Thebes are found within the modern city of Luxor.)

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1959 Fidel Castro became prime minister of Cuba, and would govern until 2008.

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1960 the US nuclear submarine Triton set off on the first underwater round-the-world voyage.

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1998 the Angel of the North, a sculpture by Antony Gormley, was unveiled in Gateshead.