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5 December 1922: Children's Hour was first broadcast on the...

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5 December 1922

Children's Hour was first broadcast on the BBC .
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Penelope Aubin

PA began publishing early in the eighteenth century. She is chiefly known for her short novels, though she turned her hand to poetry and comedy as well. At the height of her career her rate...
Penelope Aubin Large black type against a white background, giving the book's title, its author's name, and its original date and place of publication.

Mary Carpenter

MC , one of the founders of the Ragged Schools movement, was indefatigable in giving papers and publishing articles about her favourite topics: the use of education as a force for positive change, especially in...
Mary Carpenter Sepia photo of Mary Carpenter. She wears her grey hair in curls, under a head-band and cap with ear flaps. She has a dark, buttoned bodice with paler sleeves and white collar with a pendant in the centre.

1872: The Army and Navy cooperative store was established...

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1872

The Army and Navy cooperative store was established in Victoria Street, London.
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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December 1768: George III signed the papers for establishing...

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December 1768

George III signed the papers for establishing the Royal Academy of Arts . Angelica Kauffman or Kauffmann was among the twenty-eight founding members who first met in January 1769 to hear an address by Sir Joshua Reynolds

19 December 1989: The Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order...

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19 December 1989

The Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order put in place a new curriculum and increased opportunities for integrated education for children.
Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
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Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 2406 (N.I. 20). http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19892406_en_1.htm.

7 September 1983: Voters in Ireland agreed to include an anti-abortion...

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7 September 1983

Voters in Ireland agreed to include an anti-abortion amendment to the constitution.
Francome, Colin. “United Kingdom”. International Handbook on Abortion, edited by Paul Sachdev, Greenwood, 1988, pp. 458-61.
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19 March 1803: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller's...

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19 March 1803

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 's tragedy The Bride of Messina had its premiere (in German) at Weimar. It was printed the same year.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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27 November 1655: Samuel Hartlib told John Evelyn of a new...

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27 November 1655

Samuel Hartlib told John Evelyn of a new copying invention: a special ink which enabled extra copies to be damp-pressed off papers written in it.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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April 1867: Tom Robertson's comedic play Caste opened...

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April 1867

Tom Robertson 's comedic play Caste opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre .
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
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1919: The Liberator, a Black US journal, first...

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1919

The Liberator, a Black US journal, first published If We Must Die, a poem of furious defiance by Claude McKay , an immigrant from Jamaica.
Nkosi, Lewis. “An UnAmerican in New York”. London Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2000, pp. 30-2.
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1927: The Cinematograph Films Act developed from...

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1927

The Cinematograph Films Act developed from a sense of American infringement on the British film industry; it imposed on cinema owners some minimum standards of British productions.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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22 March 1848: London moderates formed the People's Charter...

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22 March 1848

London moderates formed the People's Charter Union , aiming to obtain the Charter by peaceable means.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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1263: Balliol College, Oxford, was founded by Sir...

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1263

Balliol College , Oxford, was founded by Sir John de Balliol , with the eventual help of his wife, Dervorguilla .
The World of Learning. 47th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1997.
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Whitaker’s Almanack. 119th ed., J. Whitaker, 1987.
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1614: Barber-surgeons in Salisbury complained of...

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1614

Barber-surgeons in Salisbury complained of divers women and others in this citie altogether unskilfull in the Arte of chirurgenes, who take cures on them to the greet danger of the patient.
Walker, Kim. “’Divine Chymistry’ and Dramatic Character: The Lives of Lady Anne Halkett”. Women Writing 1550-1750, edited by Jo Wallwork and Paul Salzman, English Program, School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University, 2001, pp. 133-49.
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1952: Rosalind Franklin began her research in molecular...

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1952

Rosalind Franklin began her research in molecular biology at King's College .
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

1741: The Gentleman's Diary, subtitled A Mathematical...

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1741

The Gentleman's Diary, subtitled A Mathematical Repository,
Crane, Ronald Salmon et al. A Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620-1800. University of North Carolina Press; Cambridge University Press, 1927.
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began annual publication in London.
Crane, Ronald Salmon et al. A Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620-1800. University of North Carolina Press; Cambridge University Press, 1927.
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February 1916: Woman's Opinion ended weekly publication...

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February 1916

Woman's Opinion ended weekly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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14 June 1940: Paris fell to the advancing German army;...

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14 June 1940

Paris fell to the advancing German army; within days a puppet government of France was set up, in Vichy, headed by Marshall Pétain .
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Reisz, Matthew. “Bring me another Einstein”. London Review of Books, 22 June 2000, pp. 44-5.
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1908: The Medici Society was founded as a specialist...

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1908

The Medici Society was founded as a specialist art publisher.
Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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1886: The General Medical Council asserted that...

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1886

The General Medical Council asserted that qualification in medicine, surgery, and midwifery was necessary to obtain a place on the Medical Register.
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
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Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
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January 1967: The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association...

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January 1967

The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was founded, with an eye to the long-standing discrimination exercised by Northern Ireland Unionists against Roman Catholics (and to the gains won by the US Civil Rights movement).
“Northern Ireland Civil Rights’ Movement”. BBC: History: Wars and Conflict: The Troubles: Origins/Civil Rights.

2 August 1934: Hitler achieved complete power following...

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2 August 1934

Hitler achieved complete power following Chancellor Hindenberg 's death.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
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Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
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Alethea Lewis

At first anonymously and then as Eugenia de Acton, AL published six books (five novels and one book of essays), which are linked by their title-pages regardless of the nom de plume. A separate...

10 December 1978: Peter D. Mitchell from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1978

Peter D. Mitchell from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of chemiosmotic theory and its contribution to understandings of biological energy transfer.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation. Nobel E-Museum.