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1644 – The Battle of Marston Moor, one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, was fought near York.
1839 – 53 African slaves mutinied on the slave ship La Amistad off the coast of Cuba.
1900 – First Zeppelin flight (pictured) occurred over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight.
1976 – North and South Vietnam united under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1997 – The Thai baht rapidly lost half of its value, marking the beginning of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis.

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removed 1819 Factory Act. There was no Factory Act passed in Britain in 1819.