20th Century Other
Eamon de Valera
Eamon de Valera was born on 14th October 1882 in Manhattan, New York to an Irish mother and Spanish father....
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Juan Domingo Perón
Juan Domingo Perón was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 8th 1895. After school he attended Military College. Upon...
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The Gulf War
The Gulf War began on 2nd August 1990 when Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait. Although Kuwait soldiers fought back they were...
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Concorde Supersonic Aircraft
The development of the Concorde supersonic aircraft was joint venture between the British Aircraft Corporation and the French Aerospatiale established...
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The UK Miner’s Strike 1984
The UK coal industry had, from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century risen to become on...
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Roberts was born on 13th October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Her parents, Alfred and Beatrice Roberts ran a...
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Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Allen Hendrix was born on November 27th 1942 in Seattle, America. Hendrix had a disadvantaged childhood - his father...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
In the Spring of 1947 a group of Bedouin people discovered a number of ancient scrolls that had been placed...
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera was the title of a story written by Gaston Leroux. It was first published in...
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First Ascent of the South-West Face of Everest
In 1953 Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tensing Norgay had been the first people to reach the summit of mount Everest....
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