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  • 1215 Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen
  • 1829 William Austin Burt patents America's first "typographer" (typewriter)
  • 1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada
  • 1944 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin
  • 1995 Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later
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  • 1966 Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers In The Night" is No. 1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)

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  • 1966 Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers In The Night" is No. 1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
  • 2010 One Direction is formed during the X Factor show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson join together

Today in Sport

  • 2000 British Open Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by 8 shots to win his first Open title; becomes youngest player at 24 to win all 4 major titles
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NASA's Kepler mission announces discovery of the most Earth-like planet yet - Kepler-452b, 1,400 light years from Earth

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American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls

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  • 1944 Actress Susan Hayward (27) weds actor Jess Barker (32) at St. Thomas Church in Los Angeles, California
  • 1960 Professional golfer Jack Nicklaus (20) weds Barbara Bash
  • 1986 Britain's Prince Andrew (26) weds Sarah Ferguson (26) at Westminster Abbey in London, England
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