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    #751
    1991

    London's Royal Opera House had to cancel its performance, as orchestra members, pursuing an industrial dispute, refused to wear dinner jackets and turned up in jeans.
    “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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      #752
      1843

      Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square was finally completed. It commemorates Admiral Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk
      “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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        #753
        It's amazing that so many of our national monuments have withstood wars, neglect, pollution and goodness knows what else.

        "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

        (Marianne Williamson)

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          #754
          1967
          Britain passed the Abortion Act, allowing abortions to be performed legally for medical reasons.
          “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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            #755
            1959

            The first use of a car phone, with a call from Cheshire to London. A mere twenty five people had paid the astronomical sum of £200 each for one of the phones.
            “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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              #756
              I didn't realise it was that long ago. They must have had a huge piece of kit in their cars!
              "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

              (Marianne Williamson)

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                #757
                1988

                Coventry became Britain's first city to introduce a by-law banning the drinking of alcohol in public places.
                “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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                  #758
                  1954

                  The comedy series 'Hancock's Half Hour' was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
                  “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                    #759
                    We didn't have the radio on a lot, but I can remember that, and later the TV version.
                    "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                    (Marianne Williamson)

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                      #760
                      1985

                      Two French agents in New Zealand pleaded guilty to sinking the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior and to the manslaughter of a photographer on board. They were sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.
                      “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                        #761
                        Gosh is it that long ago Gem
                        Im not fat just 6ft too small

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                          #762
                          Oma - that's what I thought, too. Where do the year go!
                          "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                          (Marianne Williamson)
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                            #763
                            1605

                            Guy Fawkes, born in York, was arrested when around 30 barrels of gunpowder, camouflaged with coal, were discovered in the cellar under Parliament. Robert Catesby’s small band of Catholic zealots who planned to blow up James I and Parliament were only arrested after Fawkes revealed their names when tortured on the rack. Conspirators met at the Old Lion Inn, Dunchurch, Warwickshire on 5th November to await news of the destruction of Westminster.
                            “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                              #764
                              Guy Fawkes came to a very gruesome end, didn't he.
                              "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                              (Marianne Williamson)

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                                #765
                                1987

                                An IRA bomb exploded shortly before a Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 11 people.
                                “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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