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1741 Jethro Tull, inventor of the more efficient horse-drawn seed-drill, died at Hungerford, Berks.

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1862 Nathaniel Gordon became the only American to be executed for slave trading, their shipping being illegal under the 1820 Piracy Act.

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1916 the ten-month-long Battle of Verdun began with nine hours of the heaviest artillery bombardment ever witnessed.

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1964 24,000 rolls of Beatles wallpaper were flown to America.

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1965 Malcolm X was assassinated in New York aged 39 by three members of the Nation of Islam.

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1972 President Nixon began his historic visit of rapprochement to China.