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Nov1
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1956 |
Premium Bonds first went on sale |
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Nov2
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1954 |
Hancock's Half Hour was first broadcast |
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Nov3
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1968 |
Graham Hill won the Mexico Grand Prix
to become world motor racing champion |
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1957 |
The USSR launched a dog into
space |
| 1843 |
The bottom half of Lord Nelson's statue was hoisted to
the top of his column in Trafalgar Square - the top half followed the
next day |
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Nov4
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1982
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The French film director and creator of
Monsieur Hulot, Jaques Tati, died |
1963
|
The Beatles appeared in a Royal Command variety
performance |
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1879 |
James Ritty, a saloon owner in Ohio, patented the first
cash register |
1862 |
Richard Gatling patented his gun |
| 1530 |
Cardinal Wolsey was arrested as a traitor |
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Nov5
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1605 |
Guy Fawkes was arrested while attempting to blow up the
Houses of Parliament |
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Nov6
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1942 |
The Church of England ended its rule
obliging women to wear hats in church |
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Nov7
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1988 |
Sugar Ray Leonard became the first
boxer to win five world championship titles |
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1967 |
Henry Cooper won his third Lonsdale
belt when he beat Billy Walker |
1872
|
The Marie Celeste set sail from New York bound for
Genoa |
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1783
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The last public hanging in England took place at Tyburn |