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Post by marcus on Aug 29, 2018 12:00:31 GMT
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29 August 1950
British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
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Post by marcus on Aug 30, 2018 7:06:53 GMT
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30 August 1945
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
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Post by marcus on Aug 31, 2018 9:05:06 GMT
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30 August 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed after her car crashes in a Paris underpass - the driver and her friend Dodi Fayed are also dead.
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Post by marcus on Sept 1, 2018 11:31:19 GMT
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1 September 1960
Game on for British betting shops
Britain's first betting shops will be allowed to open for business from May 1961, the government announces.
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Post by marcus on Sept 3, 2018 12:21:01 GMT
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3 September 1939
Start of World War II
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Post by marcus on Sept 4, 2018 9:10:21 GMT
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4 September 1985
The first pictures of the wreck of the Titanic are released 73 years after the liner sank with the loss of 1,500 lives.
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Post by marcus on Sept 5, 2018 11:39:45 GMT
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5 September 1997
Mother Teresa, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to helping the sick and the poor, dies at the age of 87.
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Post by marcus on Sept 6, 2018 7:12:19 GMT
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6 September 1997
Diana's funeral watched by millions
Britain and the world say farewell to Diana, Princess of Wales, at the end of an unprecedented week of mourning.
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Post by marcus on Sept 7, 2018 11:42:36 GMT
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7 September 1953
Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Post by marcus on Sept 8, 2018 8:09:28 GMT
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8 September 1943
General Dwight D Eisenhower tells the world of the secret capitulation five days ago by the Italian Government.
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Post by marcus on Sept 9, 2018 10:55:24 GMT
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9 September 1976
The leader of the Chinese revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong, dies at the age of 82.
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Post by marcus on Sept 10, 2018 7:37:47 GMT
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10 September 1963
American Express, one of the world's largest banking houses, opens a credit card service in Britain.
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Post by marcus on Sept 11, 2018 11:57:56 GMT
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11 September 2001
US rocked by day of terror.
The United States is in a state of shock after a day of attacks which left thousands dead and the World Trade Center destroyed.
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Post by marcus on Sept 12, 2018 7:21:21 GMT
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12 September 2003
One of the great legends of country music, Johnny Cash, dies after a short illness.
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Post by marcus on Sept 13, 2018 6:38:52 GMT
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13 September 1609
Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
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Post by marcus on Sept 14, 2018 10:55:15 GMT
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14 September 1982
Hollywood princess dead.
Princess Grace of Monaco dies of the injuries she sustained in a car crash near Monte Carlo yesterday.
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Post by marcus on Sept 15, 2018 9:01:02 GMT
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15 September 1964
The Sun newspaper is published today for the first time. It is replacing the Daily Herald.
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Post by marcus on Sept 16, 2018 13:04:15 GMT
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16 September 1620
102 men, women and children sailed from Plymouth aboard the 'Mayflower'seeking a freer life in the New World.
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Post by marcus on Sept 17, 2018 12:41:06 GMT
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17 September 1944
World War II
The British 1st Airbourne Division landed at Arnhem
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Post by marcus on Sept 18, 2018 12:04:51 GMT
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18 September 1970
Rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix dies after collapsing at a party in London.
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Post by marcus on Sept 19, 2018 9:38:22 GMT
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19 September 1952
The United States prevents film legend Charlie Chaplin from returning to Hollywood until he is investigated by the Immigration Services.
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Post by marcus on Sept 20, 2018 6:37:07 GMT
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20 September 1967
The Queen launches the new Cunard cruise liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2, at a ceremony on the Clydebank.
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Post by marcus on Sept 21, 2018 11:59:30 GMT
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21 September 1955
Britain claims Rockall.
Britain has annexed a rocky islet 300 miles west of Scotland to stop the Soviets spying on missile tests, the Admiralty announces.
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Post by marcus on Sept 22, 2018 12:51:34 GMT
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22 September 1955
Britain's first independent television station is on air, bringing advertisements to the airwaves for the first time.
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Post by marcus on Sept 24, 2018 17:15:34 GMT
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24 September 1975
Dougal Haston and Doug Scott become the first Britons to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain.
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Post by marcus on Sept 27, 2018 11:41:35 GMT
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27 September 1825
The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
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Post by marcus on Sept 28, 2018 6:42:20 GMT
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28 September 1923
The 'Radio Times' giving radio programme listings is launched by the BBC
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Post by marcus on Sept 29, 2018 9:20:04 GMT
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29 September 1758
Birth of Horatio Nelson in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk
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Post by marcus on Sept 30, 2018 9:13:35 GMT
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30 September 1955
Hollywood actor James Dean is killed when his sports car is involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle.
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Post by marcus on Oct 1, 2018 11:40:19 GMT
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1 October 1949
Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
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