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1694: The Bank of England Established as a Private Central Bank

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1694: The Bank of England Established as a Private Central Bank

On this day in 1694, the Bank of England was established. It is the central bank of the UK, which conduct ...

On this day in 1694, the Bank of England was established. It is the central bank of the UK, which conducts the country's monetary policy and issues British Pounds banknotes. It is interesting to note ...

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1693: Two Brothers who Became British Prime Ministers

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1693: Two Brothers who Became British Prime Ministers

On this day British Prime Minister Thomas Pelham-Holles was born. He was the older of the two brothers wh ...

On this day British Prime Minister Thomas Pelham-Holles was born. He was the older of the two brothers who became, one after the other, British Prime Ministers. Thomas later had the high title of Duke ...

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1942: Nazi Germany Tested the First Operational Jet Fighter in History

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1942: Nazi Germany Tested the First Operational Jet Fighter in History

On this day, Nazi Germany tested an aircraft with a revolutionary engine. Unlike the previous propeller-p ...

On this day, Nazi Germany tested an aircraft with a revolutionary engine. Unlike the previous propeller-powered aircraft, the new Messerschmitt Me-262 had jet engines. A jet (turbo jet) engine can ach ...

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1815: The Final Surrender of the Great Napoleon Bonaparte

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1815: The Final Surrender of the Great Napoleon Bonaparte

On this day one of the greatest military leaders in history, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte finall ...

On this day one of the greatest military leaders in history, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte finally surrendered. His previous surrender in 1814, when he ended up on the island of Elba, was not ...

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2001: Goran Ivanišević Wins Wimbledon

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2001: Goran Ivanišević Wins Wimbledon

On this day Goran Ivanišević achieved the greatest success in the history of Croatian tennis, winning the ...

On this day Goran Ivanišević achieved the greatest success in the history of Croatian tennis, winning the prestigious Wimbledon tournament in the UK. In the finals on this day he defeated Patrick Raf ...

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1937: The World’s First Emergency Telephone Number – 999

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1937: The World’s First Emergency Telephone Number – 999

The number 999 was first introduced on this day in 1937. This happened in London, and the mentioned numb ...

The number 999 was first introduced on this day in 1937. This happened in London, and the mentioned number became the first emergency telephone number in the world. Before that, in case of emergency, ...

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1806: The British conquered Buenos Aires

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1806: The British conquered Buenos Aires

On this day, in 1806, the British occupied Buenos Aires, the former Spanish colonial city in South Americ ...

On this day, in 1806, the British occupied Buenos Aires, the former Spanish colonial city in South America. Buenos Aires had great significance as the capital of Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of the R ...

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1982: Four engines of a Boeing 747 fail in a volcanic cloud

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1982: Four engines of a Boeing 747 fail in a volcanic cloud

On this day in 1982 Boeing 747 "Jumbo Jet" airliner flew into a volcanic cloud above Indonesia, which cau ...

On this day in 1982 Boeing 747 "Jumbo Jet" airliner flew into a volcanic cloud above Indonesia, which caused all four of its engines to flame out. The aircraft, owned by British Airways, was flying fr ...

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