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Trident air disaster
Flight BE548 crashed within 3 minutes of taking off from Heathrow. It came down in a field near Staines. 188 died.
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First underground passenger railway - Metropolitan
Between Paddington and Farringdon. A grand opening on the 9th preceded the opening to the public on Saturday 10 January 1863. “That afternoon Hetta trusted herself all alone to the mysteries of th...
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Mayoralty of the City of London - 800th anniversary
The Mayor, poor lamb, has to make 700 speeches during his year in office.
2 memorials
Savoy Conference
This conference was held at the Savoy Palace after the restoration of Charles II and was attended by 12 Anglican bishops and 12 Puritan ministers, each side having 9 assistants. It was an attempt...
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Prince of Wales's typhoid recovery
In 1871 the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) suffered an attack of typhoid fever (the illness of which his father had died 10 years earlier) while at his home, Sandringham in Norfolk. To everyon...
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