1889 Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris. Designed by Gustave Eiffel and built for the Exposition Universelle, at 300m high it retains the record for the tallest man made structure for 41 years.
1920 British parliament accepts Irish Home Rule law.
1939 Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany.
1954 USSR offers to join NATO
1958 US Navy forms atomic submarine division.
1970 Following an Orange Order parade, intense riots erupt on the Springfield Road in Belfast; violence lasts for three days, and the British Army use CS gas for the first time in large quantities.
1972 Final day of the rum ration in the Royal Canadian Navy.
1979 The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
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