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May
8
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1988 |
The
science fiction author Robert Heinlein died
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May
9
|
1926 |
Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made the first flight over the North Pole |
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May10
|
1937 |
The first frozen food went on sale in the UK - it was asparagus
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| 1919 |
The first commercial air service - between Manchester and Southport -
started |
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May11
|
1922 |
The radio
station 2LO was established at Marconi House in London's Strand |
 |
| 1812 |
Spencer
Perceval became the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated |
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May12
|
1969 |
The voting age in
the UK was lowered from 21 to 18 |
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May13
|
2002 |
Patrick Fyffe (Dame Hilda Bracket of
Hinge and Bracket) died aged 60 of cancer |
| 1961 |
Gary Cooper (super duper) died |
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May14
|
1817 |
Mary
Shelley finished writing Frankenstein |
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May15
|
1928 |
The Australian
Flying Doctor Service was inaugurated
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