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October 8, 1856 in History
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Event: Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War |
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arrest Arrow Board British Chinese crewmen Flag Lower piracy police Suspicion vessel War Related Year: 1856 Related Events: October 8 |
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1993 U.N. lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa 1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions 1958 Dr. Ake Senning installs 1st pacemaker in Stockholm 1896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks 1860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens |
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