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1930 |
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Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in
the first World Cup final |
By the Sleepy Lagoon
written
by Eric Coates
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Sir Edward Elgar died in 1934 |
Amy Johnson became the first
woman to fly solo from England to Australia |
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1935 |
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Julie Andrews was born |
Release of Irving Berlin's
Cheek to Cheek, sung by Fred Astaire in film Top Hat |
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British film The 39 Steps
released
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Spanish Civil War started in
1936
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1940 |
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Rebecca starring
Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine won the Best Picture
Oscar |
Glenn Miller (here with his
band playing Sentimental Journey) died in 1944 |
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Churchill became Prime
Minister
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St Paul's survived the Blitz
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1945 |
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VE Day |
Ivor Novello's We'll
Gather Lilacs in the Spring first performed |
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Joseph Goebbels died
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Donald Trump born in 1946
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1950 |
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European Coal & Steel
Community was established in 1952 |
Victory Calypso by
Lord Beginner celebrates the West Indies beating England |
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Andy Pandy, the
children's show, was first broadcast |
George Orwell died
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1955 |
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First McDonalds restaurant
opened
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The Dam Busters film
released (Dambusters March by Eric Coates) |
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Ruth Ellis the last woman to
be hanged in the UK
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Blackpool beat Bolton
Wanderers 4-3 in 'Matthews Final' in 1953 |
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1960 |
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Penguin Books 'Not Guilty' of
obscenity for publishing Lady Chatterley's Lover |
How Do You Do It by
Gerry & The Pacemakers reached No. 1 in 1963 |
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John F Kennedy won the US
Presidential Elections
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Steve Redgrave, UK Olympic
Gold Medallist, born
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1965 |
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Dockers lower their cranes in
respect as Churchill's body passes up Thames |
Beatles' film Help!
released (You Like Me Too Much)
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Pennine Way starting at Edale
opened
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Yuri Gagarin first man in
space in 1961
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1970 |
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'Prague Spring' uprising
crushed by Soviet tanks in 1968 |
Bridge Over Troubled Water
by Simon and Garfunkel reached No. 1 in the UK |
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UK 'Age of Majority'
reduced from 21 to 18
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Virgin Group founded by
Richard Branson
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1975 |
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Gary Neville, footballer
turned pundit, was born |
Can't Give You Anything
(But My Love) by The Stylistics No. 1 in UK |
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Ali KO'ed George Foreman in
'Rumble in the Jungle' in Kinshasha in 1974 |
43 killed in Moorgate tube
crash |
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1980 |
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RSC production of Nicholas
Nickelby (adapted by David Edgar) opens in London |
We
Go Together from Grease released in 1978
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US volcano Mount St Helens
erupts killing 57
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Notts Forest beat Hamburg 1-0
to retain the European Champions Cup |
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1985 |
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Moss Side, Manchester, part
of English inner city riots in 1981 |
Queen's Radio Gaga
performed at Wembley Live Aid concert |
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First edition of
EastEnders broadcast
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Orson Welles died
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13. |
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1990 |
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Nelson Mandela released from
gaol |
World in Motion by
England New Order gets to No. 1 in UK |
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Glasgow was the European
Capital of Culture
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President Clinton inaugurated
in 1993
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14. |
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1995 |
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Deaths of former PMs Harold
Wilson and Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
Wonderwall by Oasis
reaches No. 2 in UK
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168 killed in Oklahoma City
bombing
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Czechoslovakia split into
Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 |
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15. |
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2000 |
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Millennium Dome (now the O2
Arena) opened to the public 01/01/00 |
The Real Slim Shady by
Eminem reaches No. 1 in the UK |
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Millennium Prayer by
Cliff Richard reaches No. 1 on 4/12/99 |
Millennium Bridge across the
Thames opened to the public 10/06/00 |
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