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10:39am Saturday 11th October 2008


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1216 - King John lost his crown and jewels whilst crossing the wash.

1689 - Peter the Great became Tsar of Russia.

1899 - The Boer War began.

1957 - The largest radio telescope in the world was switched on at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire.

1982 - The Mary Rose was raised from the sea-bed in Portsmouth. It had been the pride of Henry VIII’s fleet until it sank in the Solent in 1545.

2000 - the funeral of Reggie Kray was attended by thousands of people.

2002 - George, the pink hippo from the children’s TV show Rainbow was attacked by a drunken member of the audience during a stage show in London.


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