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27/12/2010

Once upon a time at Christmas

Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following Christmas day headlines.

There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question.

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1.

800: COC as HRE in Rome

Coronation of Charlemagne;

Holy Roman Emperor

2.

1643: William Mynors of BEIC discovers CI

British East India Company;

Christmas Island

3.

1899: Birth of C star, HB

Casablanca;

Humphrey Bogart

4.

1914: Peace reigns on WF as GABSPF

Western Front;

German and British soldiers play football

5.

1950: Students steal the SOS from WA

Stone of Scone;

Westminster Abbey

6.

1972: LJO tops the charts with LHLFL

Little Jimmy Osmond;

Long Haired Lover From Liverpool

7.

1977: ‘TLT’ dies peacefully at home in V,S

‘The Little Tramp’;

Vevey, Switzerland

8.

1989: NAEC tried and executed in R

Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu;

Romania

9.

1991: MG resigns as POTSU

Mikhail Gorbachev;

President of the Soviet Unon

10.

2003: MEM disaster as contact lost with BT

Mars Express Mission;

Beagle Two