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Lockerbie bombing: Services mark 25th anniversaryhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-2536412721 December 2013Memorial services are to be held in the UK and the US to mark the 25th...
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22 DecemberBerlin's most famous landmark the Brandenburg Gate has been opened for the first time in almost three decades. Thousands of people spilled on to the city's streets cheering in the pouring...
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1920sThe British Broadcasting Company, as the BBC was originally called, was formed on 18 October 1922 by a group of leading wireless manufacturers including Marconi. Daily broadcasting by the BBC...
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What could more fitting for Burns Night?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25877064 25 January 2014 Sixty years ago this week, the actor Richard Burton starred in what many think the best...
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http://www.burnsmuseum.org.uk/whats-on-whats-going-on/415-rambling-rosies-saturday-storiesMuseumThe Real BurnsBeforeyou visit RBBMAfteryou've visited usEducationLearn...
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http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240213841/Celebrating-the-70th-anniversary-of-Colossus-the-WWII-codebreaking-machineWednesday 05 February 2014The National Museum of Computing is celebrating the...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27247032 6 May 2014 It is 20 years since the Channel Tunnel was officially opened. Both Queen Elizabeth II and France's President Francois Mitterrand attended the...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28628335 3 August 2014The French and German presidents have commemorated the 100th anniversary of Germany's declaration of war on France on 3 August 1914....
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-286053373 August 2014 Three restored church bells will ring together for the first time in 100 years to remember five brothers killed in World War...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/11009683/First-World-War-centenary-how-the-events-of-August-3-1914-unfolded.html03 Aug 2014 The story so far: the events of August 1 1914, hour by hour...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-298948857 November 2014It's a normal Saturday, the family is looking forward to an evening of telly - Dr Who, Dixon of Dock Green, perhaps. Unexpectedly, a short...
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http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/07/world/europe/tower-of-london-poppies/index.html?hpt=wo_c2November 11, 2014 London (CNN) -- Wrapped in heavy coats against the November chill, thousands of visitors...
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Ooops, missed this by a day ;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30128199 20 November 2014 Last updated at 23:30 Armistice Day is remembered as the day World War One ended, but for naval historians...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-3048495116 December 2014 On the morning of 16 December 1914, the shipping town of Hartlepool in north-east England was bombarded by the German Navy during its...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11364147/The-Churchill-files-How-the-Telegraph-covered-Sir-Winstons-death.html Saturday 24 January 2015 On January 15, 1965, Winston Church...Read More
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-32835334 A memorial service for the victims of Britain's worst rail disaster will be held at Gretna Green later.More than 200 people died when...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-329647777 June 2015.......On 7 June 1915 Warneford carried out his most daring mission, becoming a hero overnight in Britain and France and earning the...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33126723...................The ceremony will take place at Runnymede in Surrey, close to the River Thames, where King John of England sealed the original document in 1215....
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200 years ago today;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-eu-33169050The Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 saw the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of WellingtonBoth men were 46, with formidable...
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