In 2000, a cable-car being pulled through an Alpine tunnel in Austria caught fire, resulting in a death toll of 155 people


In 1965, Ian Smith's Rhodesian government unilaterally declared independence from Britain


The Royal Mail was first carried by train, between Liverpool and Manchester, today in 1830.


In 1975 Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed the government, led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind