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June 1957: Parliament passed a new Rent Act that deregulated...

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June 1957

Parliament passed a new Rent Act that deregulated the amount a landlord could charge for rent; this had serious consequences for people living in cheap rented housing.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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21 March 1918: German forces launched their Great Offensive,...

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21 March 1918

German forces launched their Great Offensive, an all-out attack on the Western Front before the USA could get troops moved in.
Cannan, May, and Bevil Quiller-Couch. The Tears of War. Editor Fyfe, Charlotte, Cavalier Books, 2000.
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13 November 1715: The Duke of Argyll fought the rebellious...

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13 November 1715

The Duke of Argyll fought the rebellious Jacobite forces at Sheriffmuir in Scotland.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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22-30 September 1943: Pearl Witherington (later Cornioley) parachuted...

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22-30 September 1943

Pearl Witherington (later Cornioley) parachuted into France as an operative of Special Operations Executive , the British organization formed to support the French Resistance to the Nazis .
Martin, Douglas. “War heroine outfoxed Nazis”. Edmonton Journal, 26 Mar. 2008, p. E9.
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November 1917: The average working week for female munitions...

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November 1917

The average working week for female munitions workers was fifty-two to fifty-four hours, with one to four hours overtime.
Andrews, Irene Osgood. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain. Oxford University Press, 1918.
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22 April 1970: The first Earth Day was observed across the...

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22 April 1970

The first Earth Day was observed across the U.S., where approximately twenty million people rallied against environmental degradation.
“Today in History: April 22”. The Library of Congress: American Memory.
“International Mother Earth Day 22 April”. United Nations.
“United Nations General Assembly: International Mother Earth Day”. United Nations Official Document.

October 1902: Leon Trotsky, who had earlier escaped from...

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October 1902

Leon Trotsky , who had earlier escaped from a Siberian prison, settled in London.
Segal, Ronald. Leon Trotsky: A Biography. Pantheon, 1979.
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1850s: The North London Repository attempted to...

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1850s

The North London Repository attempted to run a shop on a barter system, exchanging goods in terms of labour expenditure; the experiment failed.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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By late February 2009: Saudi Arabia, where the rights of women are...

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By late February 2009

Saudi Arabia, where the rights of women are few, appointed its first female minister: Nora bint Abdullah al-Fayez became Deputy Education Minister, in charge of a new department of women's education.
Borger, Julian. “Saudi Arabia names first female mininster in reshuffle”. Guardian Weekly, 20 Feb. 2009, p. 6.
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September 1937: General Franco's capture of the strongly...

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September 1937

General Franco 's capture of the strongly republican town Bilbao in the Basque country of Spain caused turmoil among 4,000 refugee Basque children living in camps in Kent.
Harding, Jeremy. “The Uninvited”. London Review of Books, 3 Feb. 2000, pp. 3-25.
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15 August 1876: The Cruelty to Animals Act (sometimes called...

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15 August 1876

The Cruelty to Animals Act (sometimes called the Animal Welfare Act) received Royal assent and passed into law; it proposed to regulate vivisection by a system of licensing and registration administered through the Home Secretary.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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October 1765: Resistance to the Stamp Act in America i...

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October 1765

Resistance to the Stamp Act in America increased.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
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October 1955: The Guildhouse Fellowship ended publication...

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October 1955

The Guildhouse Fellowship ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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3 November 1703: Mary Raby was executed at Tyburn for crimes...

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3 November 1703

Mary Raby was executed at Tyburn for crimes against property.
Backscheider, Paula R. Daniel Defoe: His Life. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989.
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10 August 1832: The last man to be hanged in chains for murder...

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10 August 1832

The last man to be hanged in chains for murder suffered this fate at Leicester.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
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11 November 1920: Two years after the end of the Great War,...

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11 November 1920

Two years after the end of the Great War, Britain commemorated with the unveiling of the Cenotaph in Whitehall and the state funeral of an unidentified soldier in Westminster Abbey.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Papermac, 1987, http://4-22.
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Bradshaw, David. “Mrs. Dalloway’s Forgotten Fronts: Figuring the War and Memorializing the Dead”. Voyages Out, Voyages Home: The Eleventh Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf, Bangor, 15 June 2001.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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24 April 1873: The Custody Act extended mothers' rights...

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24 April 1873

The Custody Act extended mothers' rights.
Helsinger, Elizabeth K. et al. The Woman Question. Garland, 1983.
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Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
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November 2007: The latest advance in electronic books or...

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November 2007

The latest advance in electronic books or e-books, Kindle, was launched by Jeff Bezos , CEO of the web bookseller Amazon , competing with the Sony Reader, and featuring wireless connectivity.
McCrum, Robert. “A Thriller in 10 Chapters”. The Guardian, 25 May 2008, pp. Review 6 - 8.
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1857: A new walking dress, looped up when worn...

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1857

A new walking dress, looped up when worn over a crinoline, improved freedom of movement and revealed petticoats.
Cunnington, C. Willett et al. The History of Underclothes. Revised, Faber and Faber, 1981.
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20 March 1990: Namibia, which had been German South-West...

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20 March 1990

Namibia, which had been German South-West Africa before the First World War (when it was annexed by South Africa), became an independent nation within the British Commonwealth.
South African History online. 30 Mar. 2005, http://www.sahistory.org.za/.
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1850: The manufacture of perambulators began in...

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1850

The manufacture of perambulators began in England.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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18 June 1922-19 July 1924: The Kurds, seeking autonomy, rose in rebellion...

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18 June 1922-19 July 1924

The Kurds, seeking autonomy, rose in rebellion against the British Mandate over Iraq, their homeland.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 850-1
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Buchan, James. “Miss Bell’s fateful lines in the sand”. Guardian Weekly, Vol.
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August 1940: The German Nazi Party barred Jews from shopping...

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August 1940

The GermanNazi Party barred Jews from shopping other than in the hours of 3 to 4 p.m.
This information comes from the diaries of Victor Klemperer , first published in 2000.
Powers, Thomas. “’A Thousand Mosquito Bites’”. London Review of Books, 21 Sept. 2000, pp. 3-7.
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After 18 March 1954: English-educated, American historical or...

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After 18 March 1954

English-educated, American historical or biographical novelist Anya Seton issued her best-known work, Katherine, about the commoner from whom descends every English monarch since Henry VII .
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

1839: By this date Hanwell Lunatic Asylum had introduced...

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1839

By this date Hanwell Lunatic Asylum had introduced therapeutic labour as part of the patient healing process.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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