A warm and dry period in Britain dating from 8800BCE until 5800BCE.
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Fact of the Day
In 1942, the SS was Europe's leading distributor of mineral water.
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"Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
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~ Winston Churchill
On This Day
1040 Duncan I of Scotland was killed by Macbeth (or Macbeth's men) near Elgin.
1941 The Atlantic Charter was signed by Churchill and Roosevelt, stating their post-war goals for a new world.
1947 Pakistan achieved independence from Britain.
1967 The Marine Broadcasting Offences Act became law, banning offshore 'pirate' radio stations from broadcasting.
1969 British troops arrived in Northern Ireland in what was planned to be a short-lived, 'limited operation'. They stayed there for the next thirty-eight years.