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    #556
    1975

    Margaret Thatcher won the Conservative Party Leadership and became the first woman leader of a British political party.
    “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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      #557
      And it all went downhill from there.
      "Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them....your smile, your hope, and your courage."

      (Doe Zantamata.)
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        #558
        1954

        The British Standing Advisory Committee on cancer claimed that the illness had a definite link with cigarette smoking.
        “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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          #559
          It’s a good reminder of how treatment has progressed.
          "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

          (Marianne Williamson)
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            #560
            1978

            Tomorrow's World presenter Anna Ford was officially announced as ITN's first female newsreader.
            “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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              #561
              And there were people saying a female news reader didn't have enough gravitas for such a job!!
              "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

              (Marianne Williamson)
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                #562
                Amazing to think that so competitively recently a female news reader was controversial!
                “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                  #563
                  1852www.beautifulbritain.co.uk

                  London’s famous children’s hospital in Great Ormond Street accepted its first patient, three year-old Eliza Armstrong. It was the first hospital in the English speaking world providing in-patient beds specifically for children.
                  “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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                    #564
                    2015

                    Investigators uncovered what is thought to be the biggest ever cybercrime, with more than £650 million going missing from banks around the world. British banks were thought to have lost tens of millions of pounds after a gang of Russian based hackers infiltrated the bank’s internal computer systems using malware, which lurked in the networks for months, gathering information and feeding it back to the gang. The illegal software was so sophisticated that it allowed the criminals to view video feeds from within supposedly secure offices, as they gathered the data they needed to steal.

                    Scary stuff!
                    “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                      #565
                      'Scary' indeed, Gem. Nothing is 100% safe out there in cyberspace.
                      "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                      (Marianne Williamson)

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                        #566
                        1927

                        The birth of actress June Muriel Brown, MBE. She is best known for her role as the busy-body, chain-smoking gossip Dot Cotton in the long-running British soap opera EastEnders.

                        92 and still working!!
                        “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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                          #567
                          She's a real trouper!
                          "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                          (Marianne Williamson)

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                            #568
                            I met her once at Forest Mere health spa!
                            Always face the sunshine and the shadows fall behind you.
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                              #569
                              Sunshine - you obviously go to the right places.
                              "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                              (Marianne Williamson)
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                                #570

                                1958

                                The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) was formed in Britain.
                                “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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