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	5:30am Mon 21 Apr 08
	21st April 753BC - Rome is founded.

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	5:29am Sun 20 Apr 08
	20th April 1887 - The first ever motor race is held in Paris. It is won by the only entrant.

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	5:27am Sat 19 Apr 08
	19th April 1882 - English biologist who developed the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin is born.

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	5:26am Fri 18 Apr 08
	18th April 1499 - A pig is hanged in France for murdering a child.

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	5:25am Thu 17 Apr 08
	17th April 1860 - The first international boxing match takes place at Farnborough in Hampshire between Tom Sayers from England and America's John C Heenan.

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	5:24am Wed 16 Apr 08
	16th April 1889 - British born, American actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin is born.

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	5:22am Tue 15 Apr 08
	15th April 1852 - Screw top bottles are patented in Paris.

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	5:33am Mon 14 Apr 08
	14th April 1912 - The Titanic strikes an iceberg and begins to sink.

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	5:31am Sun 13 Apr 08
	13th April 1570 - British soldier and conspirator, who was hired by Robert Catesby to lead the ill-fated gunpowder plot on Parliament, Guy Fawkes is born.

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	5:29am Sat 12 Apr 08
	12th April 1606 - The Union Jack is adopted as the official British flag.

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