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July 1919: Others; A Magazine of the New Verse, edited...

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July 1919

Others; A Magazine of the New Verse, edited by Alfred Kreymborg in Grantwood, New Jersey, ceased publication.
Hanscombe, Gillian, and Virginia L. Smyers. Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940. Women’s Press, 1987.
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OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

2-3 December 1967: Dr Christian or Christiaan Barnard of the...

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2-3 December 1967

Dr Christian or Christiaan Barnard of the Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, performed the world's first heart-transplant operation; the patient, Louis Washkansky , survived for eighteen days.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.
Cooper, David K. C. “Christiaan Barnard”. Guardian Weekly, 6–12 Sept. 2001, p. 14.
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March 1865: Joseph Lister first demonstrated the practice...

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March 1865

Joseph Lister first demonstrated the practice of antiseptic surgery.
Shapin, Steven. “Possessed by the Idols”. London Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2006, pp. 31-3.
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1882: The Society for Psychical Research was founded...

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1882

The Society for Psychical Research was founded with the purpose of conducting objective scientific research into supernatural phenomena such as clairvoyance, telepathy, and mediumship.
Knight, David. The Age of Science: The Scientific World-View in the Nineteenth Century. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
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Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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Porter, Katherine H. Through a Glass Darkly: Spiritualism in the Browning Circle. Octagon, 1972.
125
Gauld, Alan. A History of Hypnotism. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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Cline, Sally. Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John. John Murray, 1997.
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“Society for Psychical Research”. Monstrous.com: Ghosts.

From about 1770: The woollen industry of Yorkshire, centred...

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From about 1770

The woollen industry of Yorkshire, centred in Halifax, Wakefield, and Leeds, was increasingly dominated by the use of machinery.
Raven, James. Judging New Wealth: Popular Publishing and Responses to Commerce in England, 1750-1800. Clarendon, 1992.
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1850: The Interpretation Act (also known as Lord...

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1850

The Interpretation Act (also known as Lord Brougham 's Act) which aimed to simplify the language of legal statutes, laid down that the masculine includes the feminine (so that he should be understood to mean...

Early 1882: The sale of the Regent's Park Zoo's elephant...

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Early 1882

The sale of the Regent's Park Zoo 's elephant Jumbo to P.T. Barnum's circus gave rise to a loud protest in the newspapers.
Jones, Robert W. “‘The Sight of Creatures Strange to Our Clime’: London Zoo and the Consumption of the Exotic”. Journal of Victorian Culture, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-26.
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1869: The East London Hospital for Sick Children...

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1869

The East London Hospital for Sick Children opened; this was the first hospital in the country to admit children under the age of two years.
Smith, Francis Barrymore. The People’s Health, 1830-1910. Croom Helm, 1979.
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1 April 1878: Ethel Manson enrolled as a nurse-in-training...

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1 April 1878

Ethel Manson enrolled as a nurse-in-training at the Children's Hospital in Nottingham.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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1837: Evangelical Thomas Fowell Buxton founded...

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1837

Evangelical Thomas Fowell Buxton founded the Aborigines Protection Society to stop the slave trade and promote the spread of Christianity among the people of Africa.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Olive Senior

Olive Senior is one of the most widely read Caribbean writers. Some of her books are required reading in Caribbean primary schools and in several international high schools and universities.
Simpson, Hyacinth. “Olive Senior’s Gardening in the Tropics”. Ryerson University, 2012.
She has published across genres—non-fiction...

1873: American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell...

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1873

American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell developed a controversial treatment programme for neurasthenia.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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April 1883: The Church of England Purity Society was...

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April 1883

The Church of England Purity Society was founded at Lambeth Palace in London; its first president was Archbishop Benson .
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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5 July 1931: Ninette de Valois's ballet Job, with music...

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5 July 1931

Ninette de Valois 's ballet Job, with music by Ralph Vaughan Williams , was performed for the Camargo Society at the Cambridge Theatre in London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Clarke, Mary, 1923 -, and David Vaughan, editors. The Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet. Pitman, 1977.
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27 October 1931: Irene Ward (later Dame Irene) was elected...

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27 October 1931

Irene Ward (later Dame Irene) was elected for the Conservatives to the British Parliament , where she remained for thirty-eight of the next forty-two years, making her the longest-serving woman MP.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

May 1893: The Pall Mall Magazine began monthly publication;...

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May 1893

The Pall Mall Magazine began monthly publication; it ran until September 1914.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

16 August 1534: St Ignatius Loyola, then an officer of Ferdinand...

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16 August 1534

St Ignatius Loyola , then an officer of Ferdinand V of Spain , laid the foundation (at Paris) for the Jesuits , also known as the Society of Jesus or the Order of Jesus.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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By October 1928: Stephen Spender, as an Oxford undergraduate,...

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By October 1928

Stephen Spender , as an Oxford undergraduate, self-published a booklet of poems entitled Nine Experiments.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1963-4: Of 126,445 full-time university students...

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1963-4

Of 126,445 full-time university students in Britain, 33,809 were women: that is nearly 27% of the total.
Mountford, Sir James Frederick. British Universities. Oxford University Press, 1966.
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Margiad Evans

ME began writing both diaries and poetry in her youth. She began publishing in the 1930s with stories, then novels. Her first novel was historical and all are regional, set in the Border country between...
Margiad Evans Black and white head-shot of Margiad Evans. Her head is resting on a hand, she has dark jaw-length hair, and she is wearing a checked jacket with a short scarf tied around her neck.

Samuel Beckett

SB , Irish expatriate poet, short-story writer, novelist, and playwright, was a major force in international twentieth-century writing and especially theatre. He wrote a high proportion of his works in French, usually doing the translations...
Samuel Beckett Colour photo of Samuel Beckett in 1977, looking straight at the camera. He has grey hair and blue eyes, and standsin front of bookshelves, wearing a polo-necked shirt and heavy navy sweater.

After 1 February 1793: An organisation calling itself the Friends...

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After 1 February 1793

An organisation calling itself the Friends of Peace began campaigning in tracts and pamphlets against the war with France (declared on this day).
Mahon, Penny. “In Sermon and Story: contrasting anti-war rhetoric in the work of Anna Barbauld and Amelia Opie”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
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, No. 1, 2000, pp. 23-38.
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17 March 1958: The United States launched another satellite,...

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17 March 1958

The United States launched another satellite, Vanguard I, into the earth's orbit.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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1769-70: Bengal suffered famine, exacerbated by compulsory...

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1769-70

Bengal suffered famine, exacerbated by compulsory purchase of British goods and the throwing out of work of local artisans. Its onset coincided with a serious threat to British power there by forces from the Sultanate...