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Counting votes in the plebiscite of doctors at the British Medical Association in 1948. After 3 votes the BMA council advised its members to cooperate leading to the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948 Photograph from the Photo Union archive

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2019-07-05

'Tragedy and Comedy' - Sarah Siddons (tragedienne) (left) was born 1755, and Dorothea Jordan (comedic actress), (right) died 1816.

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2019-07-05

We have reached 2000 followers! Have this 'celebration of triumph' from one of our thirteenth-century Apocalypses, which came to us in 1715. Earlier it belonged to Cuthbert Tunstall (Bishop of ), who gave us books in 1528. Online here https://t.co/4OxQiEJ85n

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2019-07-04

1903, Dorothy Levitt became the first British woman in the world to compete in a motor-race. A pioneer for female independence and motoring, she also held the world's first water speed record, the women's world land speed record and taught female royals how to drive!

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2019-07-04

"Mad science spawns evil fiends!" FIEND WITHOUT A FACE, released in 1958.

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2019-07-03

July 2 1944: USS Bremerton (CA 130) heavy cruiser launched. Named after to celebrate bond competition win!

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2019-07-03

OTD 103 years ago - The Battle of the Somme began. It remains the bloodiest day in British military history This is my tribute to each and everyone of them.
'...thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death'

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2019-07-01

in 1916 the Battle of the Somme begins. Visit our free exhibition, World War Ireland, in No.2-3 Kildare Street to learn more about the Irish involvement in Zoom in here:https://t.co/KHGC8hmnAZ

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2019-07-01

1.7.1644: Die Seeschlacht auf der Kolberger Heide im Torstenssonkrieg, einem Teilkrieg des Dreißigjährigen Krieges zwischen Dänemark und Schweden, endet für beide Seite ohne Schiffsverluste. Eine schwedische Landung wird verhindert https://t.co/dEqC0iYaAh

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2019-07-01

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), botanist and explorer, was born 1817.
Image from The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya, published in 1849.
https://t.co/BQxEjvyjXL

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2019-06-30

in 1613, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England, burns down during a performance of "Henry VIII." The fire was apparently started by a misdirected canon shot that set its thatched roof ablaze. (Images: Getty)

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2019-06-29

Legendary visual effects innovator Ray Harryhausen was born in 1920. Still remember seeing CLASH OF THE TITANS(1981) at the theater with my grandfather.

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2019-06-29

28 Jun 1969 the riots began after the NYPD raided the Stonewall Inn. Black, Latinx, white, trans women, lesbians, drag queens and gay men all fought back for 6 days. Next year, the first marches took place. More info in our podcast: https://t.co/XMbtzJSmZp

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2019-06-28

Frontispiece to Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), a book of traditional Japanese ghost stories compiled by the great scholar and translator Lafcadio Hearn, who was born in 1850. Read the book here: https://t.co/DrgAdVo3Vc

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2019-06-27

Boshin (Civil) War between Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial faction ended 1869. Shogun forces surrendered. British & French Imperial rivalry - supported different sides & featured in such (romanticised) depictions as 1880 painting.

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2019-06-27

1743, George II became the last British monarch to lead an army into battle at Dettingen where the British won a decisive victory. Our image is from a Franklyn's series cigarette card from our

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2019-06-27

in 1996, 37-year-old Irish journalist Veronica Guerin - known worldwide for her articles on criminal gangs and the drug trade - was murdered by drug lords. In 2000, she was named as one of the Int'l Press Institute's World Press Freedom Heroes. https://t.co/e6ECQI66vu

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2019-06-26

"Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone" THE THING directed by John Carpenter was released in 1982.

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2019-06-25