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Post by marcus on Oct 2, 2018 8:19:56 GMT
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2 October 1983
'Dream ticket' wins Labour leadership
Neil Kinnock becomes the new leader of the Labour party, with Roy Hattersley joining him as deputy.
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Post by marcus on Oct 3, 2018 12:56:31 GMT
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3 October 1226
Death of St.Francis of Assisi
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Post by marcus on Oct 4, 2018 12:13:09 GMT
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4 October 1957
Sputnik satellite blasts into space
A Russian satellite has been launched into space - the first man-made object ever to leave the Earth's atmosphere.
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Post by marcus on Oct 5, 2018 11:18:55 GMT
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5 October 1930
British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
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Post by marcus on Oct 6, 2018 9:44:48 GMT
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6 October 1952
Agatha Christie's play 'The Mousetrap' opened, it is the longest initial run of any play in history.
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Post by marcus on Oct 7, 2018 9:07:26 GMT
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7 October 1806
English inventor, Ralph Wedgewood patented carbon paper. He was financed with a loan of £200 from his cousin Josiah Wedgewood (of pottery fame)
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Post by marcus on Oct 8, 2018 13:02:55 GMT
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8 October 1965
The Post Office Tower, in London, opened. It was the tallest building in Britain
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Post by marcus on Oct 9, 2018 17:25:06 GMT
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9 October 1991
Sumos size up Royal Albert Hall, London.
The first Sumo wrestling tournament ever held off Japanese soil in the sport's 1500 year history begins.
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Post by marcus on Oct 10, 2018 16:44:41 GMT
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10 October 1999
Millennium Wheel edges upwards
Near river Thames, Westminster. Thousands gather to watch the giant Ferris wheel become the latest landmark on the London skyline.
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Post by marcus on Oct 11, 2018 7:14:55 GMT
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11 October 1982
The Mary Rose, flagship of King Henry VIII, rises to the surface after 437 years at the bottom of the Solent.
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Post by marcus on Oct 12, 2018 11:26:33 GMT
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12 October 1978
British punk rocker Sid Vicious is arrested on suspicion of murder after his girlfriend's body is found in their New York hotel room.
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Post by marcus on Oct 14, 2018 14:52:09 GMT
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14 October 1969
The new seven-sided 50p coin comes into circulation but prompts complaints that it is too similar to the 10-pence.
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Post by marcus on Oct 15, 2018 17:20:58 GMT
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15 October 1815
Emperor Napoleon I begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Post by marcus on Oct 16, 2018 12:12:45 GMT
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16 October 1854
Birth of Oscar Wilde
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Post by marcus on Oct 17, 2018 17:55:01 GMT
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17 October 1956
The world's first commercial nuclear power station opened at Calder Hall, Cumbria.
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Post by marcus on Oct 18, 2018 7:19:16 GMT
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18 October 1944
World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.
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Post by marcus on Oct 19, 2018 17:31:58 GMT
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19 October 1901
Edward Elgar's 'Pomp and Circumstance March is first played, by the Liverpool Orchestral Society.
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Post by marcus on Oct 20, 2018 18:18:05 GMT
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20 October 1973
The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
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Post by marcus on Oct 21, 2018 17:42:42 GMT
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21 October 1824
'Portland' cement was patented by a bricklayer named Joseph Aspdin of Leeds
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Post by marcus on Oct 22, 2018 16:46:17 GMT
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22 October 1954
The red Routemaster double-decker 'bus first appeared at the Earl's Court Motor show.
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Post by marcus on Oct 23, 2018 17:02:36 GMT
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23 October 1707
The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
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Post by marcus on Oct 24, 2018 17:55:26 GMT
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24 October 1945
United Nations Organisation is born.
Allies of World War II ratify the UN Charter at a ceremony in Washington DC.
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Post by marcus on Oct 25, 2018 7:41:01 GMT
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24 October 1854
The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
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Post by marcus on Oct 26, 2018 17:36:07 GMT
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26 October 1918
Stonehenge.
The site owner, Cecil Chubb, passed the 5,000-year-old monument into the nation's care.
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Post by marcus on Oct 27, 2018 17:00:31 GMT
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27 October 1936
Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce decree nisi, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII , thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
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Post by marcus on Oct 28, 2018 18:02:04 GMT
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28 October 1726
The novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is published.
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Post by marcus on Oct 29, 2018 18:22:52 GMT
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29 October 1811
Jane Austin's first novel 'Sense & Sensibility' appeared
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Post by marcus on Oct 30, 2018 18:13:43 GMT
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30 October 1925
John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
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Post by marcus on Oct 31, 2018 14:55:21 GMT
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31 October 1941
After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore monument. USA, is completed.
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Post by marcus on Nov 1, 2018 8:09:00 GMT
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1 November 1612
Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest' is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London
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