1606: Guy Fawkes and his associates were hung, drawn and quartered in London.
1747: The first clinic specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases was opened at the London Dock Hospital.
1876: All Native American Indians were ordered to move into reservations.
1929: The USSR exiled Leon Trotsky.
1943: Field Marshall Paulus surrendered the German sixth army to the Russians at Stalingrad, in disobedience to Hitler's orders.
1958: The first American Earth satellite, Explorer 1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
1973: British Glam rockers, Sweet, were top of the pops with Blockbuster.
1975: Disney lawyers filed a lawsuit to have the Mickey Mouse Club song removed from the soundtrack of The Happy Hooker, a pornographic movie.
1983: The wearing of seatbelts became compulsory in the front seats of cars in Britain.
1990: McDonalds opened in Moscow.
1998: Bath beat French rugby union side, Brive, in Bordeaux, to become the first British winners of the European Cup.
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