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    #46
    Originally posted by Daisy View Post
    24th July 1851

    The Window Tax is abolished in Britain.

    Hurrah!!!! Let there be light!
    Is that Window 7 or 8

    Sorry I couldn't help myself
    1974 The Supreme Court rules that President Richard Nixon must surrender the Watergate tapes
    Last edited by Mimi; 24-07-2015, 03:30 PM. Reason: Told myself to get a grip and stop fooling around
    Bring me sunshine in your smile.
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      #47
      Mimi - love it!!! Hopefully it was 8! I've never encountered it, but I've heard the tales of woe.
      "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

      (Marianne Williamson)

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        #48
        Originally posted by Daisy View Post
        Mimi - love it!!! Hopefully it was 8! I've never encountered it, but I've heard the tales of woe.
        The tales of woe would be moi. I hate the blasted thing!😈😁
        "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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          #49
          25th July, 1978 The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in Oldham, England.


          I remember this well! My second daughter, with a middle name of Louise, was born 2 weeks earlier
          “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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            #50
            26th July, 1847 Liberia becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.
            “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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              #51
              I remember Louise Brown being born.I used to watch anything on tv and read anything in the papers about this miracle of modern science.
              Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.
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                #52
                27th July 1586 -Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia
                “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                  #53
                  1959Postcodes were introduced in Britain.
                  Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.

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                    #54
                    1955 - USSR performs nuclear Test 😱
                    Bring me sunshine in your smile.

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                      #55
                      2nd August 1870 - Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.
                      “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                        #56
                        1492 - Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with three ships. The voyage led him to what is now known as the Americas. He reached the Bahamas on October 12.
                        Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.

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                          #57
                          In 1992 the US Senate voted to restrict and eventually end the testing of nuclear weapons
                          What is life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare

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                            #58
                            1944 Anne Frank captured
                            Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.

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                              #59
                              1962 Nelson Mandala captured by South African police
                              Bring me sunshine in your smile.

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                                #60
                                1914 First electric traffic signal installed
                                Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.

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