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🗓 in 2011, made his Arsenal debut

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2019-09-10

in 1939, the Principal said "If we can, we shall go on with our University duties... Both during and after the war our country and the world will have need, more than ever, of the best service of well trained minds and characters." More: https://t.co/YEWrdVtO6E

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2019-09-07

in 1857, Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay and chairman of the shipping company Maclay & Macintyre, was born. After the death of two of his sons in World War I, Maclay gifted what today is Maclay Halls of Residence to the University in their memory.

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2019-09-05

in 1666, the Great Fire of London broke out.

It burned more than 10,000 buildings, which represented the 80% of the city. However, just 16 people perished.

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2019-09-03

The Great Fire of broke out 1666.
Lord Craven was one of those to help fight the blaze & afterwards appointed himself unofficial 'fire marshal' for the city. He also offered to fund rebuilding the Royal Exchange out of his own pocket

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2019-09-02

Born 1Sep1789 Marguerite Power, Countess of forced to marry Cpt. Maurice St. Leger Farmer, a drunk who died when he fell out a window. Four months later, she married ... More: https://t.co/HgNkJfKb29

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2019-09-01

The artist Kyffin Williams died 2006. Learn more about his work, and the collection which was bequeathed to the Library:

Kyffin project blog: https://t.co/PwP37o2qPS
The bequest: https://t.co/NRlDMGQ5y5

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2019-09-01

83 years ago, Australia changed for ever with appearing in the Australian Woman’s Mirror for the first time. If you look at the scans of an original Woman’s Mirror magazine, the first two days are missing & start straight away with Fats hijacking the ship

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2019-09-01

Mary Shelley was born in 1797 in London. "Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful." ―from THE ORIGINAL FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley

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2019-08-31

Evelyn De Morgan, one of the most successful artists of her time, spent her early years at Cannon Hall she was born in 1855

Make sure you check out the De Morgan gallery when you visit!

https://t.co/SoKu8lRMSH

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2019-08-30

Born in 1855 was Evelyn De Morgan. She was a brilliant artist whose pictures were inspired by paintings and her desire to better the world through beautiful art. Her Symbolist works are a window to her spiritualist soul.

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2019-08-30

Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic "I Have A Dream" speech, during the March On Washington For Jobs and Freedom in 1963.

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2019-08-29

Born 1676 Robert Walpole, ?first of Great Britain. Over the years he acquired various epithets among them 'Leviathan' & 'Colossus'. On his fall from power he was made earl of Orford
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2019-08-26

"The observer listens to nature: the experimenter questions and forces her to reveal herself." Happy birthday to the great comparative anatomist Georges Cuvier. He was born in 1769.

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2019-08-23

22 August 1620 Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier, daughter of a London fur dealer, at St Giles Church, Cripplegate. The couple had a devoted relationship, with a family of 9 children, 8 of whom survived infancy. Portraits in our collection.

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2019-08-22

CODE: Veronica X was released in North America on August 21, 2001. It follows Claire Redfield as she searches for Chris. It Introduced Steve Burnside and brought back Wesker, who was thought to be dead after the events of RE1.

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2019-08-22

228 years ago: Slaves in Saint-Domingue gather at Bois Caïman for a secret ceremony, kicking-off the Haitian Revolution.
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How it helped end the French slave trade in Chapter 26 of my well-timed
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2019-08-22