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Post by marcus on Feb 22, 2018 8:16:43 GMT
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22 February 1997
The cloning of 'Dolly'; the sheep; a superb British scientific achievement.
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Post by marcus on Feb 23, 2018 12:52:20 GMT
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23 February 1886
Classified adverts first appeared , in Britain, in the pages of 'The Times' newspaper
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Post by marcus on Feb 24, 2018 19:59:48 GMT
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24 February 1923
The famous locomotive 'The Flying Scotsman' first steamed into service.
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Post by marcus on Feb 25, 2018 10:03:39 GMT
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24 February 1981
Prince Charles and Lady Di to marry.
The Prince of Wales and the Lady Diana Spencer end months of speculation by announcing they are to wed in the summer.
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Post by marcus on Feb 26, 2018 11:00:45 GMT
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26 February 1839
First running of the Grand National, the world's greatest steeplechase. The winner was a horse called 'Lottery'
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Post by marcus on Feb 27, 2018 12:50:22 GMT
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27 February 1900
The British Labour Party is founded.
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Post by marcus on Feb 28, 2018 12:18:38 GMT
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28 February 1935
DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
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Post by marcus on Mar 1, 2018 17:38:24 GMT
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1 March 1872
Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
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Post by marcus on Mar 2, 2018 10:39:17 GMT
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2 March 1797
Bank of England notes, of £1 & £2 denominations,first appeared.
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Post by marcus on Mar 3, 2018 13:46:18 GMT
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3 March 1985
Miners call off year-long strike.
Miners' leaders vote to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Britain without any peace deal over pit closures
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Post by marcus on Mar 4, 2018 14:38:50 GMT
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4 March 1975
Comic genius Chaplin is knighted.
Silent film legend Charlie Chaplin has become Sir Charles after a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
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Post by marcus on Mar 5, 2018 14:20:20 GMT
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5 March 1946
Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
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Post by marcus on Mar 6, 2018 14:23:25 GMT
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6 March 1961
'Ukulele king' Formby dies.
One of Britain's most popular entertainers, George Formby, has died after suffering a heart attack.
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Post by marcus on Mar 7, 2018 16:37:44 GMT
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7 March 1969
Israel elects first female leader.
Golda Meir has been elected as the first female prime minister of Israel following Levi Eshkol's death.
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Post by marcus on Mar 8, 2018 13:11:22 GMT
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8 March 1957
Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
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Post by marcus on Mar 9, 2018 13:55:09 GMT
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9 March 1967
Stalin's daughter defects to the West
Svetlana Stalin, daughter of the Soviet dictator, requests asylum at the United States Embassy in India
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Post by marcus on Mar 10, 2018 13:27:52 GMT
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10 March 1776
Scotsman Adam Smith's influential book 'The wealth of nations' is published.
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Post by marcus on Mar 12, 2018 13:18:11 GMT
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12 March 1999
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin dies.
One of the 20th century's finest musicians Yehudi Menuhin dies, aged 82.
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Post by marcus on Mar 13, 2018 13:27:52 GMT
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13 March 1996.
Massacre in Dunblane school gym
A lone gunman goes on a shooting spree at a school in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and their teacher.
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Post by marcus on Mar 14, 2018 13:36:05 GMT
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14 March 1960
Radio telescope makes space history.
The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank sets a new space record making contact with the American Pioneer V satellite at a distance of 407,000 miles.
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Post by marcus on Mar 15, 2018 8:14:27 GMT
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15 March 44bc
Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
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Post by marcus on Mar 16, 2018 9:54:39 GMT
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16 March 1976
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns.
Harold Wilson, Labour leader for 13 years and Prime Minister for almost eight, announces his resignation to a shocked nation.
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Post by marcus on Mar 17, 2018 13:15:40 GMT
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17 March 2001
The Eden Project, in Cornwall, opened. It has over 1million visitors per year. It contains 100,00 plant species from all around the world.
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Post by marcus on Mar 18, 2018 10:46:12 GMT
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18 March 1967
Supertanker Torrey Canyon hits rocks.
The supertanker Torrey Canyon has run aground between Land's End and the Scilly Isles
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Post by marcus on Mar 19, 2018 13:01:26 GMT
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19 March 1976
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon to separate.
Buckingham Palace announces that Princess Margaret will separate from Lord Snowdon after 16 years of marriage.
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Post by marcus on Mar 20, 2018 12:54:25 GMT
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20 March 1966
Football's World Cup stolen.
The football World Cup is stolen while on exhibition in London.
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Post by marcus on Mar 21, 2018 8:44:25 GMT
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21 March 1936
Saw the introduction of a new generation of computer-controlled trains on the London Underground Railway but they still required an operator for 'Health * Safety'reasons..... !!!!
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Post by marcus on Mar 22, 2018 8:48:57 GMT
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22 March 1765
The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
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Post by marcus on Mar 23, 2018 8:41:32 GMT
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23 March 1888
In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
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Post by marcus on Mar 24, 2018 13:14:12 GMT
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24 March 1992
Punch ends 150 years of satire.
Punch, Britain's oldest satirical magazine, closes after suffering crippling losses of £1.5m a year.
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