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1600 the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake in Rome for heresies including maintaining that Earth was not the only inhabited planet.

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1818 German inventor Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patented the draisine, forerunner of the bicycle.

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1864 AB (Banjo) Paterson, poet (Waltzing Matilda), was born in Orange, New South Wales.

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1880 Tsar Alexander II of Russia survived an assassination attempt when a bomb exploded at the Winter Palace, St Petersburg.

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1909 Geronimo, Apache leader, died in captivity aged 79.

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1972 the House of Commons voted to join the European Common Market.