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1205: A Great Frostbegan, which lasted until March 22. The ground was so hard it could not be 'tilled' and the price of wheat and vegetables soared. 1794: Elizabeth Bennet had the world's first Caesarean section. 1858: An attempt was made on Napoleon III's life in Paris. Count Felice Orsini threw a bomb at him as he passed on his way to the Paris opera. 1878: A new invention, the telephone, was demonstrated for Queen Victoria at Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight.
1943: AmericanPresident Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met in Casablanca. 1954: Baseball hero, Joe DiMaggio married Marilyn Monroe. The union lasted less than nine months. 1985: Martina Navratilova became only the third tennis player to win over 100 tournaments - the other being Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert. 1993: There were reports of epileptic fits caused by video games.See the full content of this document
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