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1st |
In 1942, The
Beveridge Report on Social Security, which formed the basis of the
welfare
state in Britain, was issued.
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2nd |
St Pauls Cathedra London, was opened,after being rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren
in 1697,
following the 'Great Fire of London'.
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3rd |
A chemical leakage at a pesticide
factory in
Bhopal,
India in 1984 caused the deaths of over
3,800 people and blinded maimed many
thousands more. Where's their compensation then Union
Carbite?
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4th |
In 1791; Britain's oldest Sunday paper,
the
Observer, was first published.
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5th |
Walt Disney, US filmmaker and animator was born on
this day in 1901.
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6th |
Austria became the
first nation to introduce a
State education
system today in 1774.
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7th |
William Bligh, navigator extraordinaire, captain of the Bounty
died today in 1817
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8th |
John Lennon, British rock singer and songwriter
shot by a nutter today in 1980.
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9th |
In
1917, the British captured Jerusalem from the Turks, during World War I.
More details
@
A Chronology Of Palestinian History
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10th |
In 1768,
The
Royal Academy of Arts - - was founded in London by George III, with
Joshua
Reynolds as its first president. |
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11th |
In 1997, delegates at the
Kyoto Protocol Convention, conference on global
warming agreed
to cut emission of greenhouse gases by 5.2% from 1990 levels
during the years 2008 and 2012.
Except America of course. |
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12th |
Joseph
Heller,
US
author best known for Catch-22, a hilarious and moving novel set in
Italy
during the Second World War. The phrase ‘catch-22' has entered
American English, used to
describe an absurd and no-win situation. Heller
died in 1999.
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13th |
It was in 1577,
that Sir Francis Drake began his
journey from Plymouth in the
Golden Hind
that was to take him around the world.
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14th |
A Norwegian expedition led by
Roald Amundsen Linkpage became the first to reach
the South Pole
in 1911: 35 days ahead of Captain Scott.
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15th |
In 1791;
'The
Bill of Rights'
ten amendments became part of the US Constitution.
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16th |
On this day in 1956 I was born, and you
don't need a link here..
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17th |
In 1843,
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol was published.
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18th |
The USA officially
abolished slavery with the ratification of
13th Amendment in
1865.
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19th |
In 1848:
Emily Jane
Bronte
one of the most
famous of the Bronte sisters died.
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20th |
The Anzacs, Australian and New
Zealand forces with British troops were evacuated from
Gallipolli, after their expedition against the
Turks went seriously wrong in 1915.
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21st |
In 1620;
The Pilgrim Fathers, aboard the Mayflower, landed at Plymouth
Rock, Massachusetts.
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22nd |
Romanian dictator
Nicolae Ceausescu
was overthrown in a bloody revolutionary coup today in
1989.
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23rd |
1922 and the British Broadcasting
Corporation began daily news broadcasts, as found in
British
Broadcast History
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24th |
William Burke & William Hare, who dug up the dead and murdered to sell
corpses for
dissection,
went on trial in Edinburgh in 1828.
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26th |
In 1914, During World
War I,
When peace broke out,
British and German troops observed an
unofficial truce, even playing
football together on the Western Front's 'no man's land'.
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26th |
Fidel, (Ruz) Castro, attempted a secret landing in Cuba to overthrow the
Batista regime; all but
11 of his supporters were killed in 1956.
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27th |
It was 1904,
when James Barrie's play
Peter Pan premiered in London.
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28th |
Died today in
1734;
Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish clan
chief, and
a thorn in the side of the government until his death in 1734
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29th |
Thomas à Becket the 40th archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his
own cathedral by four
knights in 1170. They were acting upon the then
King of England; Henry II's order s.
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30th |
In 1988,
Colonel Oliver North subpoenaed
President Reagan and Vice-President Bush to testify
at the Irangate
hearings.
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31st |
Today in 1937,
was the birth year of
Sir Anthony Hopkins the Welsh actor. |
