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1964: Falling Star, a detective novel by Patricia...

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1964

Falling Star, a detective novel by Patricia Moyes , was published. It was translated into Finnish soon afterwards.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

30 October 1975: Peter Sutcliffe murdered Wilma McCann in...

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30 October 1975

Peter Sutcliffe murdered Wilma McCann in Leeds; this serial killer terrorised women until 1980, remaining unidentified except by the media title of the Yorkshire Ripper.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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1 March 1843: The trial of fifty-nine Chartists, including...

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1 March 1843

The trial of fifty-nine Chartists, including Feargus O'Connor , began at Lancaster.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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1801: Philip James de Loutherbourg painted Coalbrookdale...

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1801

Philip James de Loutherbourg painted Coalbrookdale by Night, a theatrically romantic picture of a famous industrial village: houses perched on the valley cliffs, with a clouded sky glaring red from furnaces.
“A Picture of Britain”. Tate Britain, 2005.

13 August 1814: The Dutch colony of the Cape of Good Hope...

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13 August 1814

The Dutch colony of the Cape of Good Hope was ceded to Britain.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

1902: The Jewish Religious Union was founded by...

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1902

The Jewish Religious Union was founded by Lily Montagu and C. J. G. Montefiore .
Burman, Rickie. “’She Looketh Well to the Ways of Her Household’: The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Religious Life”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 234-59.
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1986: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished...

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1986

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the Greater London Council or GLC (then headed by socialist maverick Ken Livingstone ), leaving London as the world's largest city with no central metropolitan authority.
White, Michael et al. “Livingstone win a humiliation for Blair”. Guardian Weekly, 11–17 May 2000, p. 7.
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Tew, Philip. Zadie Smith. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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4 December 2009: The search engine Google initiated the use...

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4 December 2009

The search engine Google initiated the use of 57 signals to create profiles of all its users from the searches they carry out.
Pariser, Eli. “In our own little internet bubbles”. Guardian Weekly, 24 June 2011, pp. 32-3.
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1912: Lilian Baylis began her tenure as manager...

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1912

Lilian Baylis began her tenure as manager of the Old Vic Theatre in London, which she converted from a music hall into a respected Shakespearian theatre.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
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16 April 1853: The first Indian railway opened, between...

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16 April 1853

The first Indian railway opened, between Bombay and Tannah.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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25 July 1872: The Infant Life Protection Act was the first...

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25 July 1872

The Infant Life Protection Act was the first British legislation designed to protect children placed by parents or guardians in private homes.
Emsley, Clive. Crime and Society in England 1750-1900. 2nd ed., Longman, 1996.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Margaret Roper

MR , though she is still known to history primarily as her father's daughter, was celebrated during her early-sixteenth-century lifetime for her letters and her translation of a theological treatise by Desiderius Erasmus .
Margaret Roper Head and shoulders of Margaret Roper, part of a More family-group painting commissioned by a later generation from Rowland Lockey, based on an original by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1593, which does not survive. Roper wears a dark red and black gown, several strings of beads, and a gable hood decorated with pearl trim and gold stitching. National Portrait Gallery.

1955: She began monthly publication by National...

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1955

She began monthly publication by National Magazine in Broadwick Street, London; edited by Joan Werner-Laurie , it featured large pages and a humorous, brash, down-to-earth tone.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
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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.
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Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory 1999. 37th ed., R. R. Bowker, 1998.
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3 July 1883: Franz Kafka, novelist, was born in Prague,...

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3 July 1883

Franz Kafka , novelist, was born in Prague, Bohemia.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

February 1744: An anonymous fiction purportedly from French,...

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February 1744

An anonymous fiction purportedly from French, The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu, related the protagonist's picaresque adventures in men's clothes, with a female companion.
Woodward, Carolyn. “Crossing Borders with Mademoiselle de Richelieu: Fiction, Gender, and the Problem of Authenticity”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
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, No. 4, July 2004, pp. 573-01.
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1889: Sarah Reddish of Bolton was elected to the...

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1889

Sarah Reddish of Bolton was elected to the Central Committee of the Women's Co-operative Guild .
Webb, Catherine. The Woman with the Basket: The History of the Women’s Co-operative Guild 1883-1927. Co-operative Wholesale Society’s Printing Works, 1927.
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Gaffin, Jean et al. “Women and Cooperation”. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience, edited by Lucy Middleton, Croom Helm, 1977, pp. 113-42.
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June 1917: The Friendly Leaves ended publication in...

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June 1917

The Friendly Leaves ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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26 July 1952: Eva Perón, the immensely popular Argentinian...

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26 July 1952

Eva Perón , the immensely popular Argentinian First Lady, died in her early thirties of uterine cancer.
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.
“Evita Perón: Biography”. Official Evita Perón Website.

4 August 1922: The Criminal Law Amendment Act amended the...

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4 August 1922

The Criminal Law Amendment Act amended the law so that consent of a young person under sixteen to a sexual act no longer constituted a defence.
Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2026.
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January 1938: Peggy Guggenheim opened a gallery called...

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January 1938

Peggy Guggenheim opened a gallery called Guggenheim Jeune in Cork Street, London, which did much to promote an English taste for avant-garde Continental art.
Penny, Nicholas. “At the Palazzo Venier”. London Review of Books, 9 May 2002, pp. 12-13.
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26 February 1839: The first Grand National steeplechase was...

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26 February 1839

The first Grand National steeplechase was run at Aintree in Lancashire, near Liverpool.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1970: The London entertainments guide Time Out...

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1970

The London entertainments guide Time Out was launched on an initial capital of £70, the founding editor's twenty-first birthday present.
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.

2 September 1483: William Caxton dated his edition of John...

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2 September 1483

William Caxton dated his edition of John Gower 's only poem in English, Confessio Amantis.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
2 September 2008

1919: A report of the Women's Advisory Committee...

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1919

A report of the Women's Advisory Committee recommended better training and higher status for servants in Great Britain; ultimately, these recommendations were not implemented.
Beddoe, Deirdre. Back to Home and Duty: Women Between the Wars, 1918-1939. Pandora, 1989.
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1847: The liberals defeated the Catholics in elections...

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1847

The liberals defeated the Catholics in elections in Belgium.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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