Anniversaries

Saturday 07 August 1993 23:02 BST
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8 August, 1870: The first America's Cup race is won by US yacht 'Magic'.

1914: An advance party of British Expeditionary Force troops lands in France.

1963: Robbers seize pounds 2.5m from a London mail train at Cheddington, Bucks.

1974: President Richard Nixon announces his resignation following the Watergate scandal.

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