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July 23rd – On This Day

1997 - It was a significant event for hen harrier conservation in Derbyshire. The reintroduction of hen harriers to the Peak District, specifically 1500 feet above the Goyt Valley near Buxton, marked the first time in 127 years that these birds had been successfully raised in that area. This event was a positive development for the species, which is critically endangered in England

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July 22nd – On This Day

2007 - Torrential rain swept across large parts of the UK. Hull was under water, but the flooding spread around the UK with Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire being some of the counties worst affected.

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July 21st – On This Day

1982 - The flagship of the British task force to the Falklands, HMS Hermes, arrived back in Portsmouth. Thousands crowded the dockside to see the 1,700 on board disembark 108 days after she had left for her historic mission.

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July 20th – On This Day

1982 - An IRA terrorist bomb in Hyde Park, London, killed 3 members of the Blues and Royals during the Changing of the Guard ceremony. Two hours later 8 bandsmen were killed by an IRA bomb planted at the bandstand in Regent’s Park.

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July 19th – On This Day

1941 - Winston Churchill introduced his ‘V for Victory” campaign which rapidly spread through Europe. The BBC took the first four notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which matched the dot-dot-dot-dash Morse code for the letter V, and played it before news bulletins.

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July 18th – On This Day

1970 - Radio 1 DJ Kenny Everett was sacked after he joked on air that the wife of the conservative transport minister Mary Peyton had ‘crammed a fiver into the examiner’s hand’, when taking her driving test.

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July 17th – On This Day

1964 - British speed pioneer Sir Donald Campbell set a new land speed world record of 403.10 mph in his car, Bluebird on Lake Eyre in Australia. This record was for wheel-driven vehicles and stood until 2001.

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July 16th – On This Day

1945 - The Manhattan Project: The world’s first nuclear explosion occurred, when a plutonium implosion device was tested at a site located 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.

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July 15th – On This Day

1381 - Poll Tax Triggers the Peasants’ Revolt: John Ball, a leader in the Peasants’ Revolt, is hung, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England.

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