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Оглавление1540 the first recorded race meeting in England was held at Roodee Fields, Chester.
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1567 Lord Darnley, consort of Mary Queen of Scots, was murdered in Edinburgh.
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1933 ten days after Hitler had become German chancellor, members of the Oxford Union voted against fighting for “King and Country”.
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1972 the British government declared a state of emergency after a month-long miners’ strike.
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1979 Trevor Francis became the first British footballer to break the £1m transfer fee when he signed for Nottingham Forest.
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1996 an IRA bomb exploded in London’s Docklands, killing two and injuring 100.
