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2 July 1937: Aviators Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were...

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2 July 1937

Aviators Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were lost over the South Pacific.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
492

7 April 1944: Rudolf Vrba and Fred Wetzler escaped from...

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7 April 1944

Rudolf Vrba and Fred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz in Poland. They headed for Slovakia, where by the end of the month they submitted a report on the Nazi death-camp to the Slovak Judenrat

1994-9: In these five years the annual public library...

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1994-9

In these five years the annual public library spending per resident fell by 18.8% in London, by similar amounts in Wales and Northern Ireland, and by 23.6% in Scotland.
The Author. Alexander P. Watt.
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1 October 1910: The Times newspaper launched a Woman's S...

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1 October 1910

The Times newspaper launched a Woman's Supplement.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

1816: A Parliamentary Select Committee heard evidence...

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1816

A Parliamentary Select Committee heard evidence about the comparative efficiency of different kinds of police force.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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26 January 1950: India was inaugurated as a republic....

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26 January 1950

India was inaugurated as a republic.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
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Henrietta Euphemia Tindal

HET was a nineteenth-century poet of religious, historical, and domestic subjects; she also published a single novel.

1855: The Metropolitan Board of Works, an indirectly...

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1855

The Metropolitan Board of Works , an indirectly elected body, was set up to supervise public infrastructure in London.
Hunt, Tristram. “Bus Lane Strategy”. London Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2002, pp. 20-1.
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Frances Browne

FB published from the mid to the late nineteenth century, arousing public interest on account of her blindness. Having begun with poetry, she became best known for fiction—novels and short stories for children and adults—and...
Frances Browne Black and white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Frances Browne, shown at a three quarter turn. She is wearing a dark jacket with a white collar outside it, and large silver hoop earrings. Her straight hair is pulled back and hangs in a long plait down one side.

1823: John Mitford published A Description of the...

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1823

John Mitford published A Description of the Crimes and Horrors in the Interior of Warburton 's Private Mad-House at Hoxton, Commonly Called Whitmore House: in one of these the writer Mary Lamb had been confined.
Woodbery, Bonnie. “The Silence of the Lambs: Anti-Maniacal Regimes in the Writings of Mary Lamb”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
5
, No. 3, 1998, pp. 289-04.
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1871-1872: British painter and traveller Marianne North...

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1871-1872

British painter and traveller Marianne North undertook the first of many journeys to exotic locales to paint local flora. She journeyed to Canada, the United States, Jamaica and Brazil.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“Marianne North Gallery”. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

July 1921: The Communist Party of China was formed at...

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July 1921

The Communist Party of China was formed at Peking.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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March 1950: The middle-class monthly Strand Magazine...

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March 1950

The middle-class monthly Strand Magazine ceased publication.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
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British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

: One of the best-known poems of John Skelton,...

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Autumn 1498

One of the best-known poems of John Skelton , The Bowge of Courte, probably dates from this season. It was printed by Wynkyn de Worde the following year.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Cooper, Helen. “Skeltonics”. London Review of Books, 14 Dec. 2006, pp. 32-4.
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By July 1813: Byron published The Giaour, an oriental tale...

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By July 1813

Byron published The Giaour, an oriental tale in verse, written from late 1812 to early 1813, in a deliberately unfinished state.
The Edinburgh Review. A. and C. Black.
21 (1813): 299-309
Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
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June 1861: Gold was discovered at Otago, South Island,...

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June 1861

Gold was discovered at Otago, South Island, New Zealand.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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1898: The Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts...

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1898

The Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts was founded at Peckham Road, Camberwell, London.
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Papermac, 1987, http://4-22.
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Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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After 25 May 1895: Following the conviction of Oscar Wilde,...

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After 25 May 1895

Following the conviction of Oscar Wilde , Edward Carpenter 's publisher broke his contract to publish Love's Coming of Age, after discovering that Carpenter had privately printed a pamphlet entitled Homogenic Love.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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1808: The County Asylums Act was passed, developing...

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1808

The County Asylums Act was passed, developing a plan for state-subsidized pauper lunatic asylums throughout the provinces.
Walton, John. “The Treatment of Pauper Lunatics in Victorian England: The Case of Lancaster Asylum, 1816-1870”. Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, edited by Andrew Scull, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981, pp. 166-97.
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1892: The Mansfield Shoe Company in Northampton...

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1892

The Mansfield Shoe Company in Northampton became the first fully mechanized shoe manufacturer; it made shoes in standardized sizes and in large quantities.
Panati, Charles. Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. Perennial Library, 1987.
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Elizabeth Bonhote

During the later eighteenth century EB published seven novels (one historical) and a conduct book. Her volume of poetry dates from the next century. The conduct book had the greatest success. On most issues she...
Elizabeth Bonhote Title page of volume 3 of "Olivia or Deserted Bride", a novel which Elizabeth Bonhote published anonymously but with mention of earlier works.

By September 1835: James Silk Buckingham's Public Institutions...

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By September 1835

James Silk Buckingham 's Public Institutions Bill reached the committee stage before it was abandoned.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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1929: The Republic of Eire (or Ireland) repealed...

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1929

The Republic of Eire (or Ireland) repealed the Obscene Publications Act, which had continued to apply after separation from the British Commonwealth.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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1882: Edith Shove graduated from the University...

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1882

Edith Shove graduated from the University of London, becoming the first female doctor educated in Britain.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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31 May 1962: Adolf Eichmann, Austrian war criminal, was...

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31 May 1962

Adolf Eichmann , Austrian war criminal, was executed: his trial had begun on 11 April 1961.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison, editors. The Guardian. J. Tonson.
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