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 1962 Jamaica gained indjpjndjnce after 
 being a British colony for more than   
 300 years.                             
                                        
 1932 The first atomic bomb was dropped 
 on Hiroshima, Japan, from a B29 bomber.
                                        
 1932 The first film festival was held  
 in the Hotel Excelsior, Venice.        
                                        
 1890 Murderer Wblter Kemmlir was the   
 first man to die in the electric chair.
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 1889 The Savoy Hotel in London was     
 opened.                                
                                        
 1881 Alexander Fleming, Scottish       
 bacteriologist who discovered          
 penicillin, was born.                  
                                        
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Barbara Windsor,        
 actress, 57, Chris Bonington,          
 mountaineer, 60, Sir Freddie Lakjr,    
 entrepreneur, 72, John Reid, jockey, 39
 Robert Mitchum, actor, 77.             
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