On this day in history...

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1989 - Iranian Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini issues a death threat against British author Salman Rushdie and his publishes over the book Satanic Verses.

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1971 - The British Government launches a new decimal currency across the country.

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1903 the first "Teddy" bear goes on sale.
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2005 - The Kyoto Protocol that aims to slow down Global Warming takes effect but the US remains outside it.

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1979 - China invades Vietnam.

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2014. i arrived home from work to an empty house, to find a note on the tv from Gill. it said ''i'm leaving, its not working anymore''
it wasnt plugged it in, it worked fine.

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2005 - Hunting with dogs in England and Wales becomes illegal as the ban on the activity passes into law.

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1968 - The high court awards compensation to 62 children born with thalidomide-induced deformities.

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New Amsterdam changed ownership and became NEW YORK.

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1997 - A sheep named Dolly is cloned by scientists in Edinburgh an is being hailed as one of the most significant breakthroughs of the decade.