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June 1965: The poet Michael Horovitz successfully brought...

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June 1965

The poet Michael Horovitz successfully brought poetry to a mass audience at the Albert Hall in London for a poetry festival evening of reading by Underground poets, jazz poets, Liverpool poets, and protest poets.
Drabble, Margaret. “Pressure to Perform”. The Author, Vol.
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, No. 4, 1 Dec. 2001–28 Feb. 2002, pp. 162-4.
163

March 1853: Tsar Nicholas I demanded that Russia be recognized...

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March 1853

Tsar Nicholas I demanded that Russia be recognized as the protector of Orthodox Christians in Turkey.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
204, 207

Anita Brookner

AB began publishing as an academic translator, art historian, and book reviewer in the 1960s and 70s, but became far better known for her novels. She was fifty when her first work of fiction appeared...
Anita Brookner Close-up portrait of Anita Brooker, seated with her hands under her chin, in front of bookshelves at her home in Chelsea, London, 18 September 1989.

December 1802: The Critical Review extolled the quality...

Women writers item

December 1802

The Critical Review extolled the quality of contemporary women's poetry: Miss Seward , Mrs Barbauld , Charlotte Smith , will take their place among the English poets for centuries to come.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 36 (1802): 413

Around 1802: Gas lighting was first employed in British...

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Around 1802

Gas lighting was first employed in British factories.
Debeir, Jean-Claude et al. In the Servitude of Power: Energy and Civilization through the Ages. Translator Barzman, John, Zed Books, 1991.
112

1988: The Firearms (Amendment) Act enacted various...

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1988

The Firearms (Amendment) Act enacted various changes in gun law, including extending the class of weapons and ammunition prohibited in Britain and revising the list of weapons requiring a certificate.
James, P. D. Unnatural Causes. Faber and Faber, 1967.

1976: Penelope Gilliatt published another study...

Women writers item

1976

Penelope Gilliatt published another study of a French filmmaker: Jacques Tati.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

18 June 1714: Addison, helped by Eustace Budgell and Thomas...

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18 June 1714

Addison , helped by Eustace Budgell and Thomas Tickell , began publishing a continuation of the Spectator.
Addison, Joseph et al., editors. The Spectator (1711-1714). Clarendon Press, 1965, 5 vols.
556 (1714): 498

1902: The Marmite Food Company was set up at Burton-on-Trent...

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1902

The Marmite Food Company was set up at Burton-on-Trent to manufacture a savoury spread, marmite, which became a quissentially English foodstuff.
Barton, Laura. “’It must be spread thinly. T-h-i-n-l-y. . .’”. The Guardian, 4 Jan. 2002, p. G2 6.
6

9 October 1915: Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst,...

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9 October 1915

Christabel Pankhurst , Emmeline Pankhurst , Flora Drummond , and Annie Kenney edited the first issue of Britannia, a weekly suffragette periodical and organ of the Women's Social and Political Union formerly known as The Suffragette.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
112
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
55

1911: Margaret Louisa Woods published a collection...

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1911

Margaret Louisa Woods published a collection of travel writings titled Pastels Under the Southern Cross.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1983: Penelope Gilliatt's novel Mortal Matters,...

Women writers item

1983

Penelope Gilliatt 's novel Mortal Matters, published this year, is based on her childhood in the shipbuilding and coalmining region of Northumberland.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1924: The Woman's Friend, a service magazine for...

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1924

The Woman's Friend, a service magazine for housewives, began weekly publication in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
158
Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
142

By March 1751: Tobias Smollett published his novel The Adventures...

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By March 1751

Tobias Smollett published his novel The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
4 (1751): 355

1955: Italian artist Pietro Annigoni drew record...

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1955

Italian artist Pietro Annigoni drew record attendance to the Royal Academy 's summer Exhibition with his somewhat romantic portrait HM the QueenQueen Elizabeth II .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
409

Late 1939-1944: For the duration of the second World War,...

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Late 1939-1944

For the duration of the second World War, Covent Garden was converted into a dance hall; no opera, ballet or theatrical performances took place there.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
126
Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
247

1758: The Tory writer John Shebbeare was sentenced...

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1758

The Tory writer John Shebbeare was sentenced to stand in the pillory for writing Letters to the People of England, a scathing attack on the Newcastle government.
Hudson, Nicholas. “Discourse of Transition: Johnson, the 1750s, and the Rise of the Middle Class”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
13
, 2002, pp. 31-51.
33

25 May 1963: The Organization of African Unity was founded...

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25 May 1963

The Organization of African Unity was founded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
259

1816: Special vessels reserved for emigrant traffic...

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1816

Special vessels reserved for emigrant traffic began to carry waves of Irish to North America and Australia.
Fitzpatrick, David. Irish Emigration 1801-1921. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1984.
23

1913-1914: The Irish Parliamentary (pro-Home-Rule) Party...

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1913-1914

The Irish Parliamentary (pro-Home-Rule) Party took an anti-suffrage position; while its members of parliament defeated suffrage amendments to the Home Rule Bill, the Irish Women's Franchise League held protest demonstrations during Home Rule rallies.
McKillen, Beth. “Irish Feminism and Nationalist Separatism, 1914-23”. Éire-Ireland, Vol.
17
, No. 3, 4, 1982, pp. 52 - 67, 72.
54

12 March 1963: Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn danced...

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12 March 1963

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn danced together for the first time at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, in Marguerite and Armand by Sir Frederick Ashton .
Dane, Clemence. London Has a Garden. Michael Joseph, 1964.
150

29 February 1916: A Board of Education circular stipulated...

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29 February 1916

A Board of Education circular stipulated that school children should be hired for work only when no adult man or woman could fill the position.
Andrews, Irene Osgood. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain. Oxford University Press, 1918.
148

Bryher

In considering the paucity of credit given to Bryher for her patronage of the influential Contact Press , critic Jayne Marek describes her as an invisible woman.
Marek, Jayne E. Women Editing Modernism: "Little" Magazines & Literary History. University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
116
Bryher is even less recognized as...

1883: Clement Dukes, the doctor at Rugby, published...

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1883

Clement Dukes , the doctor at Rugby , published the strongly anti-masturbatory The Preservation of Health as it is Affected by Personal Habits.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
127

24 April 1919: The Italian delegates to the Paris Peace...

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24 April 1919

The Italian delegates to the Paris Peace Conference, Vittorio Orlando and Sidney Sonnino , walked out in protest at the allocation of the city of Fiume to Yugoslavia.
MacMillan, Margaret. Paris 1919. Random House, 2003.
299-305