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23 November 1869: The Cutty Sark, most famous and speedy of...

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23 November 1869

The Cutty Sark, most famous and speedy of the British tea clippers, was launched.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
115
Kemp, Peter, editor. Encyclopedia of Ships and Seafaring. Stanford Maritime, 1980.
175
Albion, Robert G. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. McGraw-Hill, 1978.
262-3

25 February 1956: The Twentieth Congress of the Soviet Communist...

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25 February 1956

The Twentieth Congress of the SovietCommunist Party ended with a speech by Nikita Khrushchev , which mentioned for the first time some of Stalin 's political assassinations and general repression.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, and Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev. “Foreword”. The cult of the individual, Guardian News and Media, 2007, pp. 5-6.
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1892: Catherine Martin, under the pseudonym Mrs...

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1892

Catherine Martin , under the pseudonym Mrs Alick Macleod, published her novel The Silent Sea.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1868: The Globe Theatre or Royal Globe Theatre,...

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1868

The Globe Theatre or Royal Globe Theatre, with a narrow frontage on Newcastle Street, London, opened its doors.
“The Royal Globe Theatre, Newcastle Street, London”. arthurlloyd.co.uk.

14 August 1665: At Devizes in Wiltshire Joan Meriwether was...

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14 August 1665

At Devizes in Wiltshire Joan Meriwether was accused of witchcraft: of causing harm to a child by caressing it.
Purkiss, Diane. The Witch in History: early modern and twentieth-century representations. Routledge, 1996.
109, 117n91

10 December 1926: Grazia Deledda was awarded the Nobel Prize...

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10 December 1926

Grazia Deledda was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her inspired autobiographical and imaginative writings.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.

October 2008: At a conference in Oxford on Islam and feminism,...

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October 2008

At a conference in Oxford on Islam and feminism, Amina Wadud (an American academic) became the first woman to lead British Muslims in prayer and deliver a Friday sermon.
“News in brief”. Guardian Weekly, 24 Oct. 2008, p. 15.
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23 June 1931: Lili de Alvarez became the first woman to...

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23 June 1931

Lili de Alvarez became the first woman to wear shorts while playing in the tennis championships at Wimbledon.
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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1856: In Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical...

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1856

In Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraints, physician John Conolly dramatically portrayed the advantages of state incarceration for mentally unstable women.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
66, 68, 79
Elaine Showalter draws the connection between lunacy debates...

Emma Caroline Wood

ECW did not begin her publishing career until past the age of sixty. Then, following her husband's death, she produced an average of a book a year, to almost exclusively negative reviews. The publications included...

1450: In south-east England there occurred another...

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1450

In south-east England there occurred another serious revolt of the poorest classes of society: John Cade led what is generally known as Jack Cade's Rebellion.
Griffiths, Ralph Alan. “The Later Middle Ages (1290-1485)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 166-22.
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6 April-28 September 1924: Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant...

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6 April-28 September 1924

Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant Erik Nelson made the two first successful flights around the world.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
202

May 1703: Nicholas Rowe published his she-tragedy The...

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May 1703

Nicholas Rowe published his she-tragedyThe Fair Penitent.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

About 5 May 1686: Protestants were massacred in the Duchy of...

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About 5 May 1686

Protestants were massacred in the Duchy of Savoy.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
846

5 May 1911: The Conciliation Bill on suffrage, revised...

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5 May 1911

The Conciliation Bill on suffrage, revised this parliamentary session, passed its second Commons reading by a wider majority than before: 255 for, 88 against.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
104-5

1883: Thomas Edison of the US and Joseph Swan of...

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1883

Thomas Edison of the US and Joseph Swan of the UK, inventors of incandescent carbon-filament electric lamps, formed a partnership in the UK and founded Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company Limited .
Derry, Thomas Kingston, and Trevor I. Williams. A Short History of Technology From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. Clarendon, 1960.
633

October 1994: The Descent of the Child: Human Evolution...

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October 1994

The Descent of the Child: Human Evolution From a New Perspective, a work by Elaine Morgan , was published with Souvenir Press .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
“Bowker’s Global Books in Print”. globalbooksinprint.com.

12 June 1742: An advertisement for the Rev. Samuel Fancourt's...

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12 June 1742

An advertisement for the Rev. Samuel Fancourt 's Proposals for Erecting a Public Circulating Library in London is the first recorded use in English of the term circulating library.
Oxford English Dictionary Online. http://dictionary.oed.com/.

10 December 1984: César Milstein from Great Britain and Argentina...

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10 December 1984

César Milstein from Great Britain and Argentina was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with two colleagues from other countries) for immunology research; another Briton, Sir Richard Stone , received the prize...

By 20 November 1725 : Daniel Defoe published the first volume of...

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By 20 November 1725

Daniel Defoe published the first volume of his business manual The Complete English Tradesman; a second volume followed the next year.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1 May 1787: William Lane advertised in the Leeds Intelligencer...

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1 May 1787

William Lane advertised in the Leeds Intelligencer his ready-made package for launching a circulating library: he could provide a stock of books at any price from twenty to five hundred pounds to float such a...

By September 1915: US birth-control activist Margaret Sanger...

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By September 1915

US birth-control activist Margaret Sanger probably showed Marie Stopes (as a French pessary) an example of the original contraceptive cap of the kind dating from 1838.
Greer, Germaine. Sex and Destiny. Harper and Row, 1984.
135, 136
American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html.

1831: The Magazine of the Beau Monde, or Monthly...

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1831

The Magazine of the Beau Monde, or Monthly Journal of Fashion began publication in London.
Palmegiano, Eugenia M. Women and British Periodicals, 1832-1867: A Bibliography. Garland, 1976.
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1974: The Disabled Women's Coalition was formed...

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1974

The Disabled Women's Coalition was formed at the University of California at Berkeley by Susan Sygall and Deborah Kaplan .
“Disability History Timeline”. Disability Social History Project, 23 Sept. 2003.

1899: Egyptian jurist and reformer Qasim Amin argued...

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1899

Egyptian jurist and reformer Qasim Amin argued in a book whose title translates as The Liberation of Women that European civilization was more advanced than the Islamic culture of Egypt, and that an important...