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1785 The Daily Universal Register was founded. It was renamed The Times on January 1, 1788.

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1801 the Acts of Union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force.

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1901 the Commonwealth of Australia was established, allowing the nation to govern itself.

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1962 the Beatles were not signed by Decca Records because guitar groups were “on the way out”.

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1973 Britain entered the Common Market, later named the European Union.

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1999 the euro was introduced, giving 11 countries a shared currency — the first time since the Roman Empire that much of Europe had had one.