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August 23rd – On This Day

2005 - Hilary Lister, from Kent, became the first quadriplegic sailor to cross the English Channel. She achieved this by using controls powered by her breath to navigate her boat and made the crossing in six hours thirteen minutes.

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August 22nd – On This Day

1989 - The rings of Neptune were discovered. NASA’s spacecraft Voyager 2 was approaching Neptune when images revealed a faint ring circling the planet.

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August 21st – On This Day

2017 - Restoration work halted the chimes of Big Ben from noon, for four years of conservation work on the Elizabeth Tower. The Tower is 96 metres high and home to the bells that make up the Great Clock, the most photographed building in Britain.

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August 20th – On This Day

1989 - The pleasure cruiser Marchioness was hit by a dredger, the Bowbelle, on the River Thames. The collision resulted in the deaths of 51 people out of 131 onboard.

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August 19th – On This Day

2008 - Chris Hoy encapsulates British dominance of track cycling at the Beijing Olympics beating teammate Jason Kenny to win the sprint, adding to his keirin and team sprint gold medals.

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August 18th – On This Day

1932 - Scottish aviator, Jim Mollison made the first westbound solo transatlantic flight in a light aircraft when he arrived in New Brunswick, Canada after leaving Portmarnock in Ireland 30 hours earlier.

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August 17th – On This Day

1979 - “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, & John Cleese, premieres in the US (8th November 1979 in the UK). “Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this!”

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August 16th – On This Day

2004 - Flash floods struck the Cornish village of Boscastle after receiving an amount of rain equivalent to the area's average August rainfall in just two hours.

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August 15th – On This Day

1941 - Corporal Josef Jakobs was executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12 a.m. making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.

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