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1889: The toll system was abandoned, as most toll...

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1889

The toll system was abandoned, as most toll roads in England had already become free.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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18 January 1912: The British Antarctic expedition of Captain...

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18 January 1912

The British Antarctic expedition of Captain Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole, just over a month behind the Norwegians led by Captain Amundsen ; on 29 March the last three survivors of the...

December 1923: Opportunity, journal of the US National Urban...

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December 1923

Opportunity, journal of the US National Urban League , announced new voices speaking from the depths and fullness of the Negro's life. As yet, however, those voices were male.
Nkosi, Lewis. “An UnAmerican in New York”. London Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2000, pp. 30-2.
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1845: German pathologist Rudolph Carl Virchow described...

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1845

German pathologist Rudolph Carl Virchow described leukemia.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Shryock, Richard Harrison. The Development of Modern Medicine: An Interpretation of the Social and Scientific Factors Involved. University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.
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1 June 1951: Penny Postage for printed matter ended....

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1 June 1951

Penny Postage for printed matter ended.
Staff, Frank. The Penny Post, 1680-1918. Lutterworth Press, 1964.
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10 March 1910: D. W. Griffith's film In Old California was...

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10 March 1910

D. W. Griffith 's film In Old California was the first film produced in Hollywood.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.

1998: Rosemarie Hudson (who came to Britain from...

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1998

Rosemarie Hudson (who came to Britain from Jamaica in the 1960s at the age of twelve) founded the firm of Black/Amber, BlackAmber or Black Amber , which publishes books by black and Asian writers in Britain.
BlackAmber Books. http://www.blackamber.com/general/about.htm.

F. Tennyson Jesse

FTJ , one of the few women journalists to report from the Front in the First World War, also published in a wide range of genres.
Reilly, Catherine, editor. The Virago Book of Women’ War Poetry and Verse. Virago, 1997.
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She wrote seven plays of her own and...
F. Tennyson Jesse Black and white photograph of F. Tennyson Jesse, shown from the shoulders up, in a shape with symmetrically ornamental corners. The picture, with strong light and dark contrast, shows her wearing a small hat or headband on short, dark, bushy hair parted in the middle, and a white blouse with black bow.

14 April 1828: Noah Webster published An American Dictionary...

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14 April 1828

Noah Webster published An American Dictionary of the English Language, designed among other things to validate and make permanent the differences between American and British spelling.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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14 June 1940: The first convoy of prisoners arrived at...

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14 June 1940

The first convoy of prisoners arrived at the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz . They were Polish men condemned on political grounds; the decision to exterminate Jews was not taken until 20 January 1942.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
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1968: An English translation of Rabelais and His...

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1968

An English translation of Rabelais and His World (the doctoral dissertation of Mikhail Bakhtin , which had been rejected by the examiners in 1946) was published in the USA by MIT Press .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

December 1891: William Butler Yeats established (in London)...

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December 1891

William Butler Yeats established (in London) the Irish Literary Society ; the National Literary Society at Dublin followed the next year.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Henrik Ibsen

The plays of Henrik Ibsen , nineteenth-century Norwegian poet and dramatist, were both controversial and enormously influential in Britain; their use of realist techniques to address contemporary social problems helped to bring about a revolution...
Henrik Ibsen Three-quarter-length painting of Henrik Ibsen by Eilif Peterssen, 1895. Ibsen sits looking straight at the viewer through rimless glasses. He has grey bushy hair and mutton-chop whiskers, and wears a black coat.

1933: Far Country, a poetry collection by Carla...

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1933

Far Country, a poetry collection by Carla Lanyon Lanyon , was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

10 September 1923: The Irish Free State (Saorstt Éireann) entered...

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10 September 1923

The Irish Free State (Saorstt Éireann) entered the League of Nations .
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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3 May 1730: Negroes (for the slave trade) were reported...

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3 May 1730

Negroes (for the slave trade) were reported scarce in coastal districts near Aunamabo in Africa, owing to a bloody war with their inland neighbours.
The Grub-Street Journal. James Roberts.
17 September 1730
Dabydeen, David. Hogarth’s Blacks: Images of Blacks in Eighteenth Century English Art. University of Georgia Press, 1987.
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1829: Professor Robert Christenson became one of...

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1829

Professor Robert Christenson became one of the first scientists to publish a systematic investigation into the effects of drug use, in his Treatise on Poisons.
Berridge, Virginia, and Griffith Edwards. Opium and the People: Opiate Use in Nineteenth-Century England. St Martin’s Press, 1981.
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1-14 June 1914: Militant suffragettes drew attention to their...

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1-14 June 1914

Militant suffragettes drew attention to their cause with several acts of violence; they burned down a sixteenth-century church at Wargrave and set off bombs at Westminster Abbey (near the Coronation Chair), and at St George's...

10 December 1957: Alexander Robertus Todd of Great Britain...

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10 December 1957

Alexander Robertus Todd of Great Britain (later Lord Todd) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes.
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.

8 February 1860: The first of the big midnight missions in...

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8 February 1860

The first of the big midnight missions in London was held; five hundred invitations were handed out, and half that many prostitutes responded.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
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1858: After a terrible explosion in the ironworks...

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1858

After a terrible explosion in the ironworks at Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, a group of women opened an emergency hospital; this was later to become the Anglican Community of the Holy Rood .
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
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13 December 1776: Special services were held in all churches...

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13 December 1776

Special services were held in all churches in England, at which prayers were offered for victory over the American rebels.
Tomalin, Claire. Jane Austen: A Life. Penguin Viking, 1997.
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1886: Annie Leigh Browne, Caroline Biggs and others...

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1886

Annie Leigh Browne , Caroline Biggs and others formed the Local Electors Association to support a woman candidate for a vestry position.
Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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1673: Richard Allestree (probably) published with...

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1673

Richard Allestree (probably) published with Oxford University PressThe Ladies Calling, a religious conduct book which became well-known and influential.
This is not among the several works attributed to Allestree which according to Elizabeth Eyre

1624: An Act covering England and Wales was passed...

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1624

An Act covering England and Wales was passed to prevent the destroying and murdering of bastard children.
May, Allyson N. “’She at first denied it’: Infanticide Trials at the Old Bailey”. Women and History: Voices of Early Modern England, edited by Valerie Frith, Coach House Press, 1995, pp. 19-49.
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