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WRLD: 1999 – God save the the Queen! Aussies reject republic, stick with Brit monarchy

SPRT: 1869 – Rutgers 6, Princeton 4 in first official college football game

OTHR: 1917 – 250,000 casualties later, Canadians lead allies to victory at Ypres, gaining 5 miles of turf

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