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1797 the Bank of England issued £1 banknotes for the first time.

1815 Napoleon escaped from exile in Elba.

1848 The Communist Manifesto was published, having been printed in London.

1924 Adolf Hitler appeared in court, charged with treason for leading the failed coup d’état known as the beer-hall putsch.

1935 a Heyford bomber flying in the main beam of a BBC short-wave transmitter gave back reflected signals to the ground, winning Robert Watson-Watt government approval to develop radar technology.

1936 Hitler opened the first factory to manufacture the Volkswagen, the people’s car.

The Times On This Day: Facts and trivia for every day of the year

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