20th Century Other
The Jarrow March 1936
On 5th October 1936, 200 men left the town of Jarrow to march around 280 miles to London in protest...
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The Beginning of the Second World War
From the beginning of his political career Adolf Hitler had promised the German people that if he was elected leader...
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Che Guevara
Ernesto Guevara was born on 14th June 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. His parents, Ernesto Guevara Lynch and Celia de la...
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The Creation of Paddington Bear
On Christmas Eve 1956 cameraman Michael Bond purchased a teddy bear that was sat alone on a shelf in Selfridges....
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Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom
In 1942 the Sellafield Industrial centre was chosen to house a second Royal Ordnance Factory and throughout World War Two...
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The Fosbury Flop
Dick Fosbury was an American athlete who had perfected a new method of jumping which involved running towards the bar,...
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Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty 1994
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and King Hussein of Jordan signed a peace treaty ending the 48 year...
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Orson Wells War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds is a novel written by H G Wells. It first appeared as a serialisation in 1897...
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Assassination of John F Kennedy
In the autumn of 1963, President Kennedy was making a tour of Texas to try to raise support and funding...
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Nancy Astor First UK Female MP
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was born in 1879 in Virginia, United States. Her father was a former plantation owner who...
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