ON THIS DAY

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A meteorological office in Tuscany began daily temperature readings.

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer who built the great landmark that bears his name for the Paris Exhibition of 1899, was born. Chief Sitting Bull, Sioux leader, was shot dead in a scuffle with Indian

The premiere of Gone With The Wind took place at Atlanta, Georgia.

The last steam locomotive was made at Crewe. No 92250 was the 7,331st locomotive to be built at the works.

The maple leaf was adopted as the national flag of Canada.

Walt Disney, cartoon film producer and creator, died aged 65.

Two Canadians, Chris Haney and Scott Abbott, came up with the idea for a game called Trivial Pursuit. It was manufactured in 1982 and sold 45 million copies worldwide in its first five years.

More than 470 people drowned when a ferry carrying mainly Egyptian pilgrims sank in the Red Sea.

Nelson Mandela was buried after a funeral ceremony that included a 21-gun salute and fly-overs by military aircraft as well as a eulogy by a traditional African leader wearing an animal skin.