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1868 Conservative Party leader Benjamin Disraeli formed his first government.

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1880 the 9.3-mile St Gotthard railway tunnel, then the longest in the world, was completed, linking Switzerland and Italy.

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1940 Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American actress to win an Oscar, for Gone With the Wind.

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1956 Pakistan became an Islamic republic.

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1960 thousands of people were killed in an earthquake in Agadir, Morocco.

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1960 Hugh Hefner opened the first Playboy Club in Chicago.

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1984 Pierre Trudeau resigned after 15 years as premier of Canada.

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1996 the siege of Sarajevo ended after almost seven years.