| 1987 - | The privatisation of British Airways was launched |
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| 1982 - | Blizzards struck Britain, causing a weekend of chaos |
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| 1974 - | A new government post was created, the Secretary of State For Energy |
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| 1942 - | Stephen Hawking, English physicist and mathematician, was born. |
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| 1941 - | Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouts movement, died |
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| 1940 - | Because of the Second World War, food rationing in Britain began |
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| 1904 - | Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen |
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| 1902 - | 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) |
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| 1901 - | NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes |
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| 1889 - | US inventor Herman Hollerith patented his tabulator, the first device for data processing his firm would later become one of IBM`s founding companies. |
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| 1886 - | The Severn Railway Tunnel - Britain`s longest - was opened. |
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| 1886 - | Britain's longest railway tunnel, The Severn Railway Tunnel, was opened |
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| 1825 - | Eli Whitney, US inventor of the cotton gin, died. |
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| 1642 - | Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, died. |
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| 1642 - | Galileo Galilei, the Italian scientist and astronomer, died |
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