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1066 - King Harold was crowned King of England.

1838 - The first demonstration of the electric telegraph was given by its inventor, Samuel Morse.

1937 - Fred Perry made his debut as a professional tennis player.

1994 - American ice skating star Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at a Detroit ice rink by a man with a crowbar.

1996 - O.J. Simpson called a Los Angeles radio station to request the Mariah Carey hit One Sweet Day for his murdered wife, Nicole.

2000 - There was panic at the Millennium Dome after claims that giant ants had escaped from a display in the Learning Zone.

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