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on this date the Constitution came into affect in Italy.
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President Truman raised taxs for the Marshall-plan.
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the 1st photo of genes has been taken at U of S California by Pease & Baker.
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Mercy Hospital in the mental health wing had burned down and killed 41 people.
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on this day the first supermarket had open in the UK.
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the 1st X-ray moving picture process was demonstrated.
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the first B-52 prototype was tested.
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Belgium coal mine had a gas explosion and killed 14 people.
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Austria's worst avalanche killed 200 people and then 9hrs later the 2nd one came and killed 115 people.
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president Jose Antonio Remon had been assassinated.
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the Sudans' delcare there independence from Egypt & UK.
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the first electric watch was introduced in Landcaster PA
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the Sputnik 1 re enters atmosphere & burns up.
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the USSR performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya.
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the dam across the Tera River collapses after heavy rain and killed 135 people.