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27 April 1964: Tanganyika and Zanzibar united to become...

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27 April 1964

Tanganyika and Zanzibar united to become Tanzania.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
261
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
696, 698

11 February 2011: Following protests which had begun on 24...

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11 February 2011

Following protests which had begun on 24 January, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was deposed. The situation in Egypt, however, continued to be no less volatile.
Ali, Tariq. “Diary”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 11, 5 June 2014, p. 39.
36.11 (5 June 2014)

21 May 1855: The Civil Service Commission was established...

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21 May 1855

The Civil Service Commission was established in response to public pressure to put an end to political appointments, or what the Administrative Reform Association called those influences which at present burden every department of Government...

October 1928: The Church Militant, a feminist Anglican...

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October 1928

The Church Militant, a feminist Anglican monthly, ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
40

1921: BCG (Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin) was first...

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1921

BCG (Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin) was first used as a prophylactic treatment for tuberculosis.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
293

1881: Haverly's Coloured Minstrels toured England,...

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1881

Haverly's Coloured Minstrels toured England, proudly advertised as consisting of over 100 real negroes who toured as representatives of the plantation, not as entertainers.
Toll, Robert C. Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America. Oxford University Press, 1974.
206, 216

1875: Work began on an English Channel tunnel....

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1875

Work began on an English Channel tunnel.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
120

7 June 1935: Stanley Baldwin, now of the National Coalition...

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7 June 1935

Stanley Baldwin , now of the National Coalition Party , became Prime Minister for the third time, following MacDonald 's retirement.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491

1 January 1906: The Government of Australia prohibited the...

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1 January 1906

The Government of Australia prohibited the import of opium except for medicinal purposes.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 933

21 April 1907: The Cumann na nGaedheal and Dungannon Clubs...

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21 April 1907

The Cumann na nGaedheal and Dungannon Clubs merged to form the Sinn Féin League in Ireland.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
611
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
339

3 November 1703: John Tipper, a schoolmaster of Coventry,...

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3 November 1703

John Tipper , a schoolmaster of Coventry, wrote to Humfrey Wanley about his projected Ladies' Diary, or The Woman's Almanack.
Adburgham, Alison. Women in Print: Writing Women and Women’s Magazines from the Restoration to the Accession of Victoria. George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1972.
45-52
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
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Ellis, Sir Henry, editor. Original Letters of Eminent Literary Men of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Camden Society, 1843.
304-14
Suarez, Michael F. “The Business of Literature: The Book Trade in England from Milton to Blake”. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake, edited by David Womersley, Blackwell, 2000, pp. 131-47.
144
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Brock, Claire. The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel’s astronomical ambition. Thriplow, 2007.
166

1856: Jean-Martin Charcot became the Médecin des...

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1856

Jean-Martin Charcot became the Médecin des Hôspitaux de Paris at La Salpêtrière .
Owen, Alan Robert George. Hysteria, Hypnosis and Healing: The Work of J.-M. Charcot. Garrett Publications, 1971, http://HSS.
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January 1924: Women Members of Parliament stopped wearing...

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January 1924

Women Members of Parliament stopped wearing hats in the House of Commons . Nancy Astor 's hats had garnered more attention than her politics during her first years in the House.
Harrison, Brian. “Women in a Men’s House: The Women M.P.s, 1919-1945”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
29
, No. 3, Sept. 1986, pp. 623-54.
628

1884: The Marine Biological Association was fo...

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1884

The Marine Biological Association was founded.
Gascoigne, Robert Mortimer. A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450-1900. Garland, 1987.
410

26 July 1931: A religious sect called the Bible Students,...

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26 July 1931

A religious sect called the Bible Students, founded about 1872 by Charles Taze Russell , changed their name to Jehovah's Witnesses .
Penton, M. James. Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah’s Witnesses. University of Toronto Press, 1985.
14-16, 62

1 December 1929: The British Actors' Equity Association, the...

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1 December 1929

The British Actors' Equity Association , the first trade union for professional actors, was founded by Ben Webster during a meeting held at the Duke of York's Theatre , London.
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
107

Lydia Howard Sigourney

LHS has been called the first professional woman poet of the USA.
Watts, Emily Stipes. The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945. University of Texas Press, 1977.
90
Immensely prolific, she published more than sixty-five books (didactic, educational, biography, children's, and travel books as well as poetry), and stopped counting...
Lydia Howard Sigourney Full-length photograph of Lydia Howard Sigourney by Matthew Brady. She is seated on a wooden chair with wooden panelling behind her, wearing a dark jacket and hood with lace bonnet and collar, and a full, boldly checked skirt. She holds a handkerchief in her hands.

1898: Margaret Louisa Woods published Weeping Ferry...

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1898

Margaret Louisa Woods published Weeping Ferry and other stories.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

27 July 1652: Sir Ralph Verney wrote to advise, kindly...

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27 July 1652

Sir Ralph Verney wrote to advise, kindly but repressively, on the education of his god-daughter Anne Denton .
Wharton, Anne. The Surviving Works of Anne Wharton. Editors Greer, Germaine and Selina Hastings, Stump Cross Books, 1997, http://BLC.
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1928: Selmar Ascheim (1878-1965) and Bernhard Zondek...

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1928

Selmar Ascheim (1878-1965) and Bernhard Zondek (1891-1966) devised a pregnancy test that examined the increase of pituitary hormones (gonadotrophins) in the pregnant body.
Forbes, Thomas Roger. The Midwife and The Witch. Yale University Press, 1966.
35
Bullough, Vern L. Science in the Bedroom: A History of Sex Research. Basic Books, 1994.
128

January-March 1765: George III was intermittently ill with his...

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January-March 1765

George III was intermittently ill with his first attack of what was almost certainly porphyria.
Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
10-91, 172-5, 185
There seems to be some disagreement as to whether 1765 or 1788 constituted the first major attack...

1914: The Bank of England first began issuing,...

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1914

The Bank of England first began issuing, on instructions from the Treasury , bank notes in a ten-shilling denomination (worth, that is, half of a pound).
Boggan, Steven. “Paper Chase”. The Guardian, 24 June 2006, pp. Weekend 21 - 6.
Weekend 22

1817: Physician John Haslam published Medical Jurisprudence...

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1817

Physician John Haslam published Medical Jurisprudence as it relates to Insanity according to the Law of England.
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
89

1952: Oxford University ceased to use a separate...

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1952

Oxford University ceased to use a separate class-list for women's examination results.
Howarth, Janet. “Women”. The History of the University of Oxford: The Twentieth Century, edited by Brian Harrison, Clarendon, 1994, pp. 345-76.
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Brittain, Vera. The Women at Oxford. George G. Harrap, 1960.
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