"Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd."
William Cowper, Retirement
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On this day in 1997, Princess Diana died in Paris following an automobile accident - first thought to be caused by paparazzi but later blamed on the driver - that also claimed the lives of her companion Dodi Fayed and the driver.This Day In History
1864: Confederates evacuated from Atlanta
During the American Civil War, the Confederate evacuation of Atlanta began this day in 1864, shortly before Union troops led by William Tecumseh Sherman occupied the city, providing a much-needed victory for the North.
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1991: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan declared independence from the Soviet Union.
1980: Polish labour activist Lech Walesa and Mieczyslaw Jagielski, Poland's first deputy premier, signed an agreement that conceded to workers the right to organize freely and independently.
1966: The Harrier "jump-jet" fighter-bomber made its first flight.
1895: The first American professional gridiron football game was played in the township of Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
1850: King Kamehameha III officially declared Honolulu a city and the capital of his kingdom.
1751: Robert Clive of Britain seized Arcot, India, and then withstood a 53-day siege that began a few weeks later.
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