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- 1962: The USSR agreed to send arms to Cuba.
- 1752: The Julian calendar was used in Britain and the Colonies 'officially' for the last time; as in the rest of Europe, the following day became 14 September in the Gregorian calendar.
- 1898: The British, led by Lord Kitchener, defeated the Sudanese at the Battle of Omdurman and re-occupied Khartoum, the capital.
- 1906: Roald Amundsen completed his sailing round Canada's Northwest Passage.
- 1923: The Irish Free State held its first elections.
- 1939: Under the National Service Bill, men aged 19 - 41 were conscripted in Britain
- 1958: China's first television station opened in Beijing
- 1985: Pol Pot resigned as Commander in Chief of the Khmer Rouge Army.
- 1987: The CD-video, combining digital sound with high-definition video, was launched by Philips.
- 1997: A court in Denmark sentenced three neo-Nazis to jail terms for sending letter bombs to mixed-race couples and other targets in Britain.
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