ON THIS DAY IN ...
1455: In the War of the Roses, the Lancastrians defeated the Yorkists at the Battle of St Albans.1859: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was born of Irish parents in
Edinburgh.
1897: The Blackwall Tunnel under the Thames was officially opened.
1908: The Wright Brothers patented their flying machine.
1944: The Battle of Anzio started.
1972: Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka.
1981: Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others.
2006: The Home Office was reeling after the disclosure that hundreds of prisoners had been absconding from an open jail.
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| Title Annotation: | Features |
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| Publication: | Daily Post (Liverpool, England) |
| Date: | May 22, 2007 |
| Words: | 108 |
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