Nicaraguan Revolution
Too complex for us to attempt to summarise. We'd welcome a guest contribution.
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Poplar Rates Rebellion
Tax protest led by George Lansbury supported by the councillors of Poplar Borough Council. On behalf of Poplar, an extremely poor borough, they held back taxes and were taken to court for non-paym...
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Battersea Park re-opened, 2004
Battersea Park was re-opened to the public after extensive restoration.
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Upper North Street school WW1 bomb
This bomb was one of those dropped during the first daylight bombing attack on London by a fixed-wing aircraft. Prior to this the bombs had been dropped from Zeppelins. Just before noon the bomb br...
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Berlin Airlift
After WW2 Berlin was divided into 4 sectors, controlled by Britain, France, the USA and the Soviet Union respectively. Berlin was inside East Germany which was also controlled by the Soviets. Thi...
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Ping Pong
Sport. Also known as gossima, indoor tennis, table tennis, wiff-waff or whiff-whaff. The John Jaques and Son Company were producing equipment in the 1890s, and patented the game in 1901. Its origi...
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WW2 aircraft crash
The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night. Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire. It was one o...
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Battle of Arnhem
In WW2, during Operation Market Garden, the British 1st Airborne Division and the Poish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade were given the task of securing the bridge at Arnhem. They were parachuted ...
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Shire of Mornington centenary
Created as New Mornington it was renamed on 19 January 1894 as the Shire of Mornington.
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300 years of Anglo-Dutch Maritine Friendship
Both sea-faring, Protestant nations, relations have been pretty good since William of Orange was invited to take the British throne in 1688.
Event, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Netherlands
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