1895 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's will establishes the Nobel Prize.
1942 French navy at Toulon scuttles ships and submarines so Nazis cannot seize them.
1944 4,000 shells detonate in RAF arms depot at Fauld, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; village of Hanbury destroyed, at least 70 people killed.
1958 USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany.
1967 French President Charles de Gaulle said 'Non!' to British entry to the European Common Market for the second time.
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