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1954: The first four live births resulting from...

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1954

The first four live births resulting from impregnation with frozen sperm were recorded in the United States.
Chen, Serena H., and Edward E. Wallach. “Five Decades of Progress in Management of the Infertile Couple”. Fertility and Sterility, Vol.
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, No. 4, Oct. 1994, pp. 665-85.
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Elizabeth Goudge

EG , a popular writer of the mid-twentieth century, published about forty titles: fifteen novels (many of them historical) and some stories for children, as well as early plays, religious non-fiction, anthologies. and an autobiography.

1930: The Book-Collector's Quarterly, founded by...

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1930

The Book-Collector's Quarterly, founded by A. J. A. Symons and Desmond Flower , began publication.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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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.
Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, editors. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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1929: In the Preface to his novel Death of a Hero,...

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1929

In the Preface to his novel Death of a Hero, Richard Aldington noted how he was required by his publishers to remove what they considered objectionable
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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and that asterisks had been placed to...

October 2000: Britain's Human Rights Act, enacted in 1998,...

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October 2000

Britain's Human Rights Act, enacted in 1998, finally came into force; it directed British courts to take cognizance of decisions by the European Court of Human Rights .
Sedley, Stephen. “Colonels in Horsehair”. London Review of Books, 19 Sept. 2002, pp. 17-19.
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Chakrabarti, Shami. “’ For most people, it’ s been a pretty golden period’ . . ”. The Guardian, 31 Dec. 2005, p. G2: 7.
G2: 7

1808: John Heathcoat invented a net-making machine...

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1808

John Heathcoat invented a net-making machine to produce lace.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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1877: The All England Croquet Club became the All...

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1877

The All England Croquet Club became the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club , reflecting the popularity of the new sport.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
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12 February 1980: US poet Muriel Rukeyser died in Greenwich...

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12 February 1980

US poet Muriel Rukeyser died in Greenwich Village, New York, two years after publishing her Collected Poems and four years after her last new collection, The Gates, 1976.
Gardinier, Suzanne. “The Moral Imagination”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 4, July–Aug. 2006, pp. 10-11.
10-11

21 June 1824: A new Vagrancy Act tinkered further with...

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21 June 1824

A new Vagrancy Act tinkered further with regulating the public-nuisance aspects of prostitution in England.
Steedman, Carolyn. Policing the Victorian Community: The Formation of English Provincial Police Forces, 1856-80. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984.
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Petrow, Stefan. Policing Morals: The Metropolitan Police and the Home Office 1870-1914. Clarendon Press, 1994, p. 343.
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Nevett, Terry R. Advertising in Britain: A History. Heinemann, 1982.
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Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2025.
(1824): 381
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
618

May 1951: GFS Magazine, produced by the Girls' Friendly...

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May 1951

GFS Magazine, produced by the Girls' Friendly Society , ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1857: The first spiritualist circle in England,...

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1857

The first spiritualist circle in England, the Charing Cross Spirit-Power Circle of London, was established.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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This group is currently the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain .

5 November 1709: Henry Sacheverell preached a notorious sermon...

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5 November 1709

Henry Sacheverell preached a notorious sermon at St Paul's Cathedral challenging the 1688 settlement of the succession.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
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Backscheider, Paula R. Daniel Defoe: His Life. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

17 November 1820: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's first known...

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17 November 1820

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's first known publication, The Battle of Lovell's Pond, appeared in the Portland Gazette.
Robertson, Eric Sutherland. Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kennikat Press, 1972.
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1924: Una Ashworth Taylor's sketches of her family...

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1924

Una Ashworth Taylor 's sketches of her family and personal friends, including Lewis Carroll , was titled Guests and Memories. Annals of a Seaside Villa.
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.

Jan Morris

In the 1950s and 60s Morris was one of the most successful young British journalists, famous especially for an account of the conquest of Mount Everest. Identifying as a woman by 1972, Morris was...
Jan Morris Black-and-white photo of Jan Morris seated on what looks like a hotel bed, smiling.

8 August 1963: The Great Train Robbery took place: the Glasgow...

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8 August 1963

The Great Train Robbery took place: the Glasgow to London Royal Mail train was robbed of £2,500,000.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
551, 553

3 September 1792: Marie-Antoinette's friend the princesse de...

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3 September 1792

Marie-Antoinette 's friend the princesse de Lamballe was guillotined, and her death manipulated to torture the queen as well as herself.
Roulston, Christine. “Separating the Inseparables: Female Friendship and its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century France”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1998–1989, pp. 215-31.
226 and n49

December 1975: Dulcie Gray published a suspense novel under...

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December 1975

Dulcie Gray published a suspense novel under the title Ride on a Tiger, in which political involvement brings death to an actress.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987.
1976

13 June 1716: After the early death of Mary Monck, her...

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13 June 1716

After the early death of Mary Monck , her grieving father, Robert, Viscount Molesworth , published Marinda: Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions, which contains writing by her and others.
Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975, 2 vols.

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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Early December 1908: A meeting of suffragists at the Albert Hall...

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Early December 1908

A meeting of suffragists at the Albert Hall was marred by violence from both sides: a woman struck a steward in the face with a whip, and women were roughly handled.
Raitt, Suzanne. May Sinclair: A Modern Victorian. Clarendon Press, 2000.
112 and n14

1839: Electrotyping processes were invented independently...

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1839

Electrotyping processes were invented independently of one another by H. Von Jacobi of St. Petersburg, Thomas Spencer of Liverpool, and C. J. Jordan of London.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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1 August 1944: The battered Polish resistance movement mobilised...

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1 August 1944

The battered Polish resistance movement mobilised 40,000 armed insurgents against the Nazi occupiers of Warsaw (which was the final obstacle between the advancing Red Army and Berlin).
MacQueen, Angus. “Stuck in the middle of great-power games”. Guardian Weekly, 27 Nov. 2003, p. 16.
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1885: Queen Victoria sent a £500 donation to the...

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1885

Queen Victoria sent a £500 donation to the Hospital for Women in Soho Square.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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December 1952: The last full-scale smog (fog loaded with...

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December 1952

The last full-scale smog (fog loaded with smoke) descended on London; in three days there were 4,000 deaths in excess of normal figures. This was a major contributing factor in the Clean Air Act...