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8 April 1870: The popular spiritualist newspaper Medium...

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8 April 1870

The popular spiritualist newspaper Medium and Daybreak was founded in London; it ran until 3 May 1895.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
23, 29-30
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.

18 December 1890: London's City and South London line became...

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18 December 1890

London's City and South London line became the world's first electric underground railway and the first to supply electricity to locomotives by means of a third rail.
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
152, 154
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Day, John R. The Story of London’s Underground. London Transport, 1974.
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Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
152
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
135

1949: George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson founded...

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1949

George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson founded Weidenfeld and Nicolson in London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
338
Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
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18 February 1965: Gambia became independent from Britain....

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18 February 1965

Gambia became independent from Britain.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
261, 263
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
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By mid-October 1869: The forerunner of the National Association...

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By mid-October 1869

The forerunner of the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was founded in response to extensionist leanings at the Social Science Association Congress at Bristol.
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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12 February 1962: Six members of the Committee of 100 (an anti-nuclear...

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12 February 1962

Six members of the Committee of 100 (an anti-nuclear group recently founded as an offshoot of CND) were sentenced to imprisonment for conspiring to enter a US air base.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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6 December 1917: A catastrophic explosion resulted when a...

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6 December 1917

A catastrophic explosion resulted when a Norwegian-owned relief ship, Imo, and a French munitions ship, Mont Blanc, collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
190
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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8 April 1706: George Farquhar's comedy The Recruiting Officer...

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8 April 1706

George Farquhar 's comedy The Recruiting Officer was first performed at Drury Lane .
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

1933: Far Country, a poetry collection by Carla...

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1933

Far Country, a poetry collection by Carla Lanyon Lanyon , was published.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

December 1941-May 1942: The Nazis killed 97,000 Jews by gassing in...

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December 1941-May 1942

The Nazis killed 97,000 Jews by gassing in specially built lorries near Chelmno in Poland; they later changed this method because of the stress on work crews who did the killing.
Guttenplan, D. D. “Visa Requirement”. London Review of Books, 6 July 2000, pp. 28-9.
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16 August 1851: Harriet Brownlow Byron founded the Anglican...

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16 August 1851

Harriet Brownlow Byron founded the AnglicanSociety of All Saints Sisters of the Poor at 67 Mortimer Street in the town of London Colney in Hertfordshire.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
317, 319

1958: An Adoption Act was passed in Britain, which...

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1958

An Adoption Act was passed in Britain, which facilitated the reclaiming of adopted children by a biological parent or parents.
Rogers, Rick. Crowther to Warnock: How fourteen reports tried to change children’s lives. Heinemann Educational Books in association with the International Year of the Child, 1980.
vi, 141

8 December 1854: Pope Pius IX declared the dogma of Immaculate...

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8 December 1854

Pope Pius IX declared the dogma of Immaculate Conception in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus; this dogma declared the Virgin Mary free from the taint of original sin.
Brantl, George, editor. Catholicism. George Braziller, 1962.
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26 March 1838: Historian William Edward Hartpole Lecky was...

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26 March 1838

Historian William Edward Hartpole Lecky was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1647: The first traceable English-language newspaper,...

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1647

The first traceable English-language newspaper, Nathan Tyler 's Intelligencer, appeared; circulated only to shipping companies, its announcements of docking times for particular ships, with separate listings of goods expected, arguably constitute the earliest real advertising.
Wicke, Jennifer. Advertising Fictions: Literature, Advertisement and Social Reading. Columbia University Press, 1988.
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By early February 1930: Suffragist and biographer Lady Frances Balfour...

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By early February 1930

Suffragist and biographer Lady Frances Balfour (née Campbell) published Ne Obliviscaris. Dinna Forget, her memoir of the fight for women' suffrage, titled from the Campbell clan motto.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
1462 (6 February 1930): 86

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.

1974: Nova ended publication; it had begun in March...

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1974

Nova ended publication; it had begun in March 1965.
Braithwaite, Brian, and Joan Barrell. The Business of Women’s Magazines. Associated Business Press, 1979.
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12 June 1724: Frances Seymour, Lady Hertford reported that...

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12 June 1724

Frances Seymour, Lady Hertford reported that the English Court had almost universally taken to wearing French fashions.
Hughes, Helen Sard. The Gentle Hertford, Her Life and Letters. Macmillan, 1940.
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May 1839: Blanquists unsuccessfully attempted an armed...

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May 1839

Blanquists unsuccessfully attempted an armed coup in Paris; Blanqui was jailed for eight years.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. Vintage, 1996.
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Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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1977: Melissa Murray won the Gregory Poetry Award...

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1977

Melissa Murray won the Gregory Poetry Award for The Falling Sickness.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

1943: The comic book Wonder Woman was launched...

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1943

The comic book Wonder Woman was launched by All-America Comics . The comic relates the exploits of a female Superman who, wearing a swimsuit and riding astride a circus horse, hunts down Hitler and his...

End of June 1741: News reached London of a serious British...

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End of June 1741

News reached London of a serious British defeat at Cartagena on the coast of present-day Colombia.
Browning, Reed. The War of the Austrian Succession. St Martin’s Press, 1993.
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Anderson, Matthew Smith. The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748. Longman, 1995.
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1904: The London Symphony was established by departing...

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1904

The London Symphony was established by departing members of Henry Wood 's Queen's Hall Orchestra after Wood revoked the deputy system.
Ford, Boris, editor. The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain. Vol. 9 vols, Cambridge University Press, 1988–2026.
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Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
211, 212, 214

3 December 1998: Ministry of Defence police arrested Tony...

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3 December 1998

Ministry of Defence police arrested Tony Geraghty under the 1989 Official Secrets Act, as author of The Irish War, published that October, a book which covers three hundred years of history.
The Author. Alexander P. Watt.
(Winter 1999): 180