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Post by marcus on Dec 4, 2018 13:13:11 GMT
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4 December 1976
'Genius' composer Benjamin Britten dies
Tributes are being paid to a modest and "brilliant" composer who died today.
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Post by marcus on Dec 5, 2018 17:42:49 GMT
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5 December 1766
Christie's, the famous auction house, opened.
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Post by marcus on Dec 6, 2018 14:02:39 GMT
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6 December 1768
First edition of Encyclopedia Britannica is published
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Post by marcus on Dec 7, 2018 8:28:27 GMT
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7 December 1888
Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop patented the first practical inflatable tyre.
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Post by marcus on Dec 8, 2018 14:22:09 GMT
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8 December 1542
Death of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Post by marcus on Dec 9, 2018 14:05:20 GMT
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9 December 1868
The World's first traffic light was installed close to Westminster Bridge, London, at the junction of Great George Street and Bridge Street. It was gas-powered.
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Post by marcus on Dec 10, 2018 13:21:41 GMT
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10 December 1936
Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
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Post by marcus on Dec 11, 2018 18:24:49 GMT
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11 December 1941
Hitler and Mussolini announce they are at war with America which retaliates with its own declaration of war on "the forces of savagery and barbarism".
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Post by marcus on Dec 12, 2018 12:36:14 GMT
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12 December 1992
Princess Anne becomes Mrs Timothy Laurence after a small family wedding in Scotland.
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Post by marcus on Dec 13, 2018 11:15:50 GMT
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13 December 1939
World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles. The Graff Spee is scuttled by it's commander.
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Post by marcus on Dec 14, 2018 12:10:28 GMT
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14 December 2003
The ousted President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is under arrest after being found by US soldiers hiding in a cellar.
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Post by marcus on Dec 15, 2018 11:56:23 GMT
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15 December 1841
William Hooker, a botanist, started to develop the Royal pleasure gardens at Kew, London
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Post by marcus on Dec 16, 2018 12:39:51 GMT
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16 December 1969
The UK parliament vote by a big majority for the permanent abolition of the death penalty for murder.
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Post by marcus on Dec 17, 2018 12:59:59 GMT
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17 December 1944
World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre.
American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
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Post by marcus on Dec 18, 2018 13:06:07 GMT
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18 December 2015
Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.
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Post by marcus on Dec 19, 2018 13:51:15 GMT
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19 December 1984
The British colony of Hong Kong is to be returned to China in 1997 after an historic agreement is signed.
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Post by marcus on Dec 20, 2018 13:37:46 GMT
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20 December 1887
The Nottingham based Raleigh Cycle Company was founded in the city's Raleigh Street.
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Post by marcus on Dec 21, 2018 13:30:12 GMT
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21 December 1988
A Pan Am jumbo jet with 258 passengers on board crashes on to the town of Lockerbie in Scotland - hundreds are feared dead.
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Post by marcus on Dec 22, 2018 7:00:26 GMT
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22 December 1989
Berlin's most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate, opens for the first time in nearly 30 years.
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Post by marcus on Dec 29, 2018 12:28:44 GMT
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29 December 1975
New laws to end battle of the sexes
Radical new legislation introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status comes into force in the UK.
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Post by marcus on Dec 30, 2018 13:43:37 GMT
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30 December 1986
Coal mine canaries made redundant.
More than 200 canary birds are to be phased out of Britain's mining pits and replaced by hand-held gas detectors.
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Post by marcus on Jan 1, 2019 11:24:57 GMT
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1 January 1801
Our flag, the Union Jack, came fully into existence when the Act of the Union merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain. The flag comprises elements of the three individual flags of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Post by marcus on Jan 2, 2019 13:42:39 GMT
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2 January 1981
One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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Post by marcus on Jan 3, 2019 13:09:43 GMT
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3 January 1959
Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
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Post by marcus on Jan 4, 2019 10:13:18 GMT
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4 January 1967
Donald Campbell dies while attempting to break his own water speed record in his jet-powered boat, Bluebird K7
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Post by marcus on Jan 5, 2019 12:57:02 GMT
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5 January 1981
A 35-year-old lorry driver from Bradford, suspected of carrying out 13 murders across West Yorkshire over the past five years, is appearing in court.
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Post by marcus on Jan 6, 2019 12:44:51 GMT
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6 January 1977
EMI fires Sex Pistols.
The music publisher EMI ends its contract with the notorious punk rock group after reports of abusiveness
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Post by marcus on Jan 8, 2019 9:03:41 GMT
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8 January 1959
General Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed first President of the new Fifth Republic in France during a brief ceremony at the Elysée Palace in Paris.
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Post by marcus on Jan 9, 2019 15:13:01 GMT
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9 January 1972
Miners strike against government
Coal miners walk out at midnight in their first national strike for almost 50 years.
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Post by marcus on Jan 10, 2019 13:42:06 GMT
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10 January 1957
'Super Mac'
Harold Macmillan accepts the Queen's invitation to become prime minister following the sudden resignation of Sir Anthony Eden.
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