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There are 3 separate sets of initials per statement and in each statement at least one of the missing words is the name Mary.

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1.

1861: The appearance of MAE(GE)’s third work SM, the tale of a reclusive W

Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot);

Silas Marner;

weaver

2.

1964: JAADVD star in MP adapted from books about a CN

Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke;

Mary Poppins;

children’s nanny

3.

1972: MP gets a GM in WPAMOG

Mary Peters;

gold medal;

Women’s Pentathlon at Munich Olympic Games

4.

1969: PM written by JF takes CCR into the top 10

Proud Mary;

John Fogerty;

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5.

1964: CUTC launched by MW at a meeting in BTH

Clean Up TV Campaign;

Mary Whitehouse;

Birmingham Town Hall

6.

1830: Publication of MHALL based on the true story of a Massachusetts girl who took her PL to S

Mary Had a Little Lamb;

pet lamb;

school

7.

1974: BE stars as MG in TMWTGG

Britt Ekland;

Mary Goodnight;

The Man with the Golden Gun

8.

2010: Start of TGBBO with MB and Paul Hollywood as J

The Great British Bake Off;

Mary Berry;

judges

9.

1984: MD fell during the OTTMF and was carried off in tears by her boyfriend DTRS

Mary Decker;

Olympic Three Thousand Metres Final;

Discus Thrower Richard Slaney

10.

1545: MRS just NOTIOW where her W lay for 426 years

Mary Rose sank;

north of the Isle of Wight;

wreck