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Post by marcus on Dec 18, 2017 13:20:08 GMT
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18 December 1957
World's 1st full scale nuclear power plant begins to generate electricity, at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania
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Post by marcus on Dec 20, 2017 13:11:49 GMT
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20 December 1887
The Nottingham Raleigh Cycle Company was founded
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Post by marcus on Dec 21, 2017 8:31:51 GMT
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21 December 1844
The Co-operative enterprise was started today in the form of 'The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers'. A group of 28 weavers and other artisans banded together and opened a small store selling quality goods at a price the ordinary person could afford.
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Post by marcus on Dec 22, 2017 14:05:34 GMT
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22 December 1943
Death of the author, Beatrice Potter.
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Post by marcus on Dec 23, 2017 16:27:38 GMT
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23 December 1865
'The knowledge'. a rigorous test for the London cabbie, was introduced.
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Post by marcus on Dec 26, 2017 14:03:00 GMT
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26 December 1898
1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
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Post by marcus on Dec 27, 2017 11:48:58 GMT
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27 December 1831
Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.
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Post by marcus on Dec 28, 2017 14:57:14 GMT
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28 December 1065
Consecration of Westminster Abbey
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Post by marcus on Dec 29, 2017 14:01:19 GMT
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29 December 1986
Harold Macmillan dies
Lord Stockton, the former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, dies aged 92.
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Post by marcus on Dec 30, 2017 17:47:04 GMT
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30 December 1986
Announced : Coal mine canaries to be 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 Dec 31, 2017 13:45:30 GMT
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31 December 1964
Campbell speeds to double record.
Donald Campbell breaks the world water speed record, the only man to break both land and water speed records in the same year.
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Post by marcus on Jan 2, 2018 14:09:02 GMT
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2 January 1896
Rudyard Kipling composed the poem 'If'
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Post by marcus on Jan 3, 2018 10:43:23 GMT
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3 January 1925
Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
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Post by marcus on Jan 4, 2018 13:07:28 GMT
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4 January 1958
Explorer Sir Edmund Hillary arrives at the South Pole - the first explorer to do so since Captain Scott in 1912.
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Post by marcus on Jan 5, 2018 15:25:31 GMT
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5 January 1981
Man arrested for Ripper murders
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 7, 2018 13:08:59 GMT
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7 January 1965
1Krays in custody over menace charge
Identical twin brothers Ronald and Reginald Kray are taken into custody charged in connection with running a protection racket.
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Post by marcus on Jan 8, 2018 14:02:40 GMT
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8 January 1959
De Gaulle becomes president.
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, 2018 13:33:15 GMT
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9 January 1972
Miners strike against the 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, 2018 12:48:36 GMT
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10 January 1863
The world's first underground railway was opened by The Metropolitan Railway Company.
It ran between Paddington and Farringdon, London.
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Post by marcus on Jan 11, 2018 8:31:44 GMT
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The first National Lottery was drawn (during Queen Elizabeth I reign)
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Post by marcus on Jan 11, 2018 8:36:37 GMT
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11 January 1596
The first National Lottery was drawn (during Queen Elizabeth I reign)
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Post by marcus on Jan 12, 2018 8:18:44 GMT
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12 January 1894
The National Trust was created from a preservation society
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Post by marcus on Jan 13, 2018 20:18:30 GMT
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13 January 1806
Sir Francis Beaufort devised his Wind Scale.
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Post by marcus on Jan 14, 2018 12:38:33 GMT
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13 January 1969
Matt Busby retires from Man United.
"It's time to make way for a younger man" - Football legend Sir Matt Busby announces he will step down as manager of Manchester United.
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Post by marcus on Jan 15, 2018 9:14:55 GMT
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15 January 1759
The British Museum opened its doors for the first time. It was established by the bequest of Sir Hans Sloane.
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Post by marcus on Jan 16, 2018 11:10:35 GMT
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16 January 1970
Gaddafi takes over as Libya's premie.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi assumes the role of prime minister four months after leading a successful coup against the monarchy.
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Post by marcus on Jan 17, 2018 10:55:44 GMT
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17 January 1912
Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
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Post by marcus on Jan 18, 2018 12:00:07 GMT
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18 January 1963
Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies.
Labour leade,r Hugh Gaitskell, dies after a sudden deterioration in his heart condition.
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Post by marcus on Jan 19, 2018 13:43:13 GMT
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19 January 1736
Scottish inventor, James Watt, perfected something that would transform human existence more than any other innovation, the steam engine.
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Post by marcus on Jan 20, 2018 10:46:55 GMT
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20 January 1265
First assembly of the House of Commons.
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