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Post by marcus on Jul 28, 2018 12:49:11 GMT
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28 July 2005
The IRA formally orders an end to its armed campaign and says it will pursue exclusively peaceful means.
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Post by marcus on Jul 29, 2018 8:58:19 GMT
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29 July 1981
Thousands line the streets of London to glimpse Prince Charles and Lady Diana on their wedding day.
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Post by marcus on Jul 30, 2018 12:00:21 GMT
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30 July 1966
Football glory for England
England win football's World Cup for the first time since the tournament began in 1930.
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Post by marcus on Aug 2, 2018 13:28:36 GMT
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2 June 1870
Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.
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Post by marcus on Aug 3, 2018 12:00:46 GMT
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3 August 1990
1990: UK temperatures reach record high
A weather station in Leicestershire records the highest temperature ever known in Britain.
The figure of 37.1C, or 99F, recorded at Nailstone, Leicestershire, is 1 degree Fahrenheit higher than the previous record set in 1911.
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Post by marcus on Aug 4, 2018 7:24:06 GMT
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4 August 2000
Queen Mother celebrates centenary
Celebrations take place all over the United Kingdom to mark the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
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Post by marcus on Aug 5, 2018 7:16:28 GMT
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5 August 1962
Film actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her bed with an empty bottle of sleeping tablets by her side.
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Post by marcus on Aug 6, 2018 11:50:36 GMT
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6 August 1945
World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
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Post by marcus on Aug 7, 2018 11:18:37 GMT
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7 August 1955
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan
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Post by marcus on Aug 8, 2018 14:16:50 GMT
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8 August 1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Post by marcus on Aug 9, 2018 17:38:02 GMT
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9 August 1969
Actress Sharon Tate is found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home, along with four other victims.
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Post by marcus on Aug 10, 2018 7:31:38 GMT
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10 August 1793
The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
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Post by marcus on Aug 11, 2018 7:43:00 GMT
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11 August 1897
Birth day of Enid Blyton
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Post by marcus on Aug 12, 2018 12:04:29 GMT
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12 August 1913
First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
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Post by marcus on Aug 13, 2018 7:39:31 GMT
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13 August 1961
Troops in East Germany seal off the border between East and West Berlin, shutting off the escape route for thousands of refugees from the East.
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Post by marcus on Aug 14, 2018 11:25:35 GMT
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14 August 1816
The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
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Post by marcus on Aug 15, 2018 7:59:07 GMT
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15 August 1950
The British King's eldest daughter and heir to the throne, Princess Elizabeth, gives birth to a daughter at Clarence House in London.
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Post by marcus on Aug 16, 2018 11:54:35 GMT
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16 August 1967
Rock and roll 'king' Presley dies
Elvis Presley, whose singing and style revolutionized popular music in the 1950s, dies after collapsing at his home.
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Post by marcus on Aug 17, 2018 11:59:11 GMT
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17 August 1987
Rudolf Hess, Hitler's former right-hand man, is found dead in Spandau Prison.
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Post by marcus on Aug 18, 2018 6:54:19 GMT
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18 August 1612
The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
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Post by marcus on Aug 19, 2018 8:29:22 GMT
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19 August 1977
Death of Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
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Post by marcus on Aug 20, 2018 11:37:34 GMT
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20 August 1970
The England soccer captain, Bobby Moore, is cleared of charges of stealing in a trial in Colombia.
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Post by marcus on Aug 21, 2018 12:07:01 GMT
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21 August 1976
Mary Langdon, of Sussex, became the first ever British female firefighter.
... and there was no ladder in her tights ....
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Post by marcus on Aug 22, 2018 11:24:46 GMT
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22 August 1770
James Cook claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
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Post by marcus on Aug 23, 2018 7:12:50 GMT
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23 August 1914
World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
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Post by marcus on Aug 24, 2018 11:55:47 GMT
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24 August 1891
Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
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Post by marcus on Aug 25, 2018 8:50:18 GMT
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25 August 1944
Paris is liberated as Germans surrender.
General Charles de Gaulle enters the capital of France after French and US troops force a German surrender.
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Post by marcus on Aug 26, 2018 8:59:39 GMT
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26 August 1994
A man is given the world's first battery-operated heart in a pioneering operation in Britain.
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Post by marcus on Aug 27, 2018 10:34:30 GMT
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27 August 1979
The Queen's cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten, is killed by a bomb blast on his boat in Ireland.
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Post by marcus on Aug 28, 2018 12:24:14 GMT
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28 August 1994
Sunday trading legalised.
Thousands of shops in England and Wales open legally for the first time following a change in the Sunday trading laws.
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