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1993
Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61
1989
New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from NZ)
1972
Jonathan Wyatt, Lower Hutt NZ, 5000m 1996 Olympics
1972
U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws
1971
Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment
1964
Caroline Anne Hare, Lower hutt NZ, 5k/10k 1996 Olympics
1945
Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member
1935
Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader
1934
U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
1930
Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
1927
John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75
1923
Textile strike in Enschede Neth, against lower wages, begins
1909
2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader, 1941-45
1897
Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader
1892
James Keir Hardie chosen 1st socialist in British Lower house
1874
I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature
1857
Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited
1856
Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War
1851
John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house member
1840
Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada
1797
John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72
1792
Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city
1770
Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
1728
Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue
1682
Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1450
Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
1040
Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes
69
Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
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