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1912: Janet Dodge published her novel Tony Unregenerate...

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1912

Janet Dodge published her novel Tony Unregenerate through Duckworth .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

23 October 1835: George Baxter was granted a patent for reproducing...

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23 October 1835

George Baxter was granted a patent for reproducing paintings in colour.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
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Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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7 March 1965: Newsmen and tv cameras recorded a brutal...

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7 March 1965

Newsmen and tv cameras recorded a brutal attack by state troopers at Selma, Alabama, on marchers peacefully protesting against earlier violence (and a death) during a drive to register black voters.
Carlson, Michael. “Obituaries: Jim Clark”. Guardian Weekly, 15 June 2007, p. 38.
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1 January 1948: Railways in Britain were nationalised: the...

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1 January 1948

Railways in Britain were nationalised: the Big Four railways were merged as national property under the Transport Act, as British Rail .
Day, John R. The Story of London’s Underground. London Transport, 1974.
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Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
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Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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“Railways Act 1993”. Railways Archive, 2004–2014.

1863: The Metropolitan Police in London founded...

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1863

The Metropolitan Police in London founded its first dedicated vice squad, consisting of a sergeant and two constables employed in the suppression of obscene materials.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
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1904: William Henry Hudson published Green Man...

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1904

William Henry Hudson published Green Mansions.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

Sarah Kane

Sarah Kane , whose brief life occupied the last quarter of the twentieth century, left (besides monologues) five full-length plays which explore a nightmarish world of violence and sexual brutality. They provoked a strong visceral...
Sarah Kane Photograph of Sarah Kane. She is wearing a black button up and has short hair. She is holding an unlt cigarette in her mouth.

12 April 1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched...

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12 April 1961

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space: he remained there, the first human being to have this experience, for almost an hour and a half.
“Yuri A. Gagarin”. International Space Hall of Fame.
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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10 September 1990: Naomi Wolf set out in The Beauty Myth to...

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10 September 1990

Naomi Wolf set out in The Beauty Myth to demonstrate how society uses images of beauty in women to their detriment.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
497
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

1910: Albert Schweitzer' The Quest of the Historical...

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1910

Albert Schweitzer ' The Quest of the Historical Jesus, first published in 1906, appeared in English translation.
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2 February 1651: The second of Izaak Walton's biographies...

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2 February 1651

The second of Izaak Walton 's biographies appeared, that of Sir Henry Wotton , as preface to a volume entitled Reliquiae Wottonianae.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

1455: Johann Gutenberg finished printing his 42-line...

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1455

Johann Gutenberg finished printing his 42-line Bible at Mainz in Germany.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
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Jane Robe:

JR , about whom nothing is known, was the author of a single tragedy, translated from the French, performed and published in 1723.

25 December 1960: Queen Elizabeth II's first pre-recorded Christmas...

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25 December 1960

Queen Elizabeth II 's first pre-recorded Christmas message was broadcast on BBC television.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
391

1870: The General Theatrical Operatives' Sick and...

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1870

The General Theatrical Operatives' Sick and Benevolent Society was established.
Davis, Tracy C. Actresses as Working Women: Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture. Routledge, 1991.
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2 June 1780: The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic...

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2 June 1780

The Gordon Riots began in London: anti-Catholic mobs encouraged by Lord George Gordon (leader of the Protestant Association ) attacked and burned churches and other buildings and terrorised the populace.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

14 April 1922: Four Courts, Dublin, was occupied by anti-Treaty...

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14 April 1922

Four Courts, Dublin, was occupied by anti-Treaty or Republican forces. The final attack on them by Free State or provisional government forces launched on 28 June signalled the outbreak of the Irish Civil War...

24 April 1769: Kitty Clive gave her farewell performance....

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24 April 1769

Kitty Clive gave her farewell performance. She had enjoyed great success as a comic actress, and some as a playwright.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 1400-1

June 1998: An international conference in Rome took...

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June 1998

An international conference in Rome took the first steps towards setting up an International Criminal Court to try war criminals.
Waal, Alex de. “Dangers of Discretion”. London Review of Books, 21 Jan. 1999, pp. 27-9.
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Byers, Michael. “Back to the Cold War?”. London Review of Books, 22 June 2000, pp. 16-17.
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October 1972: A gala performance was held at the Haymarket...

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October 1972

A gala performance was held at the Haymarket Theatre , featuring all the leading lights of the British stage, to celebrate Dame Sybil Thorndike 's ninetieth birthday.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
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Early 1915: Lena Ashwell used her Actresses' Franchise...

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Early 1915

Lena Ashwell used her Actresses' Franchise League connections to recruit the popular farce writer, Gertrude Jennings , to write plays for Concerts at the Front.
Hirshfield, Claire. “The Actresses’ Franchise League in Peace and War: 1913-1918”. New England Theatre Journal, Vol.
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, 1994, pp. 35-49.
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1972: The Octagon Theatre in Bolton put on a home-created...

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1972

The Octagon Theatre in Bolton put on a home-created play, Sweetie Pie, about the four demands of the Oxford Women's Liberation Conference of 1970.
Hanna, Gillian, editor. Monstrous Regiment. Four Plays and a Collective Celebration. Nick Hern Books, 1991.
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1900: Both the National Society for Women's Suffrage...

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1900

Both the National Society for Women's Suffrage and the Central and East of England Society for Women's Suffrage ceased publication of their annual papers.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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June 1892: The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon...

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June 1892

The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith was published as a book in Bristol, expanded from the serial form which had appeared in Punch in 1888-9.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under George Grossmith

New Year's Day 1964: The popular and long-running BBC programme...

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New Year's Day 1964

The popular and long-running BBC programme Top of the Pops was launched The presenter was Jimmy Savile , who years later was posthumously disgraced as a paedophile.
O’Hagan, Andrew. “Light Entertainment”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 21, 8 Nov. 2012, pp. 5-8.
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