This Week in History

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5th August 1975: Dutch Elm disease spreads to Yorkshire. Millions of elm trees perished across the UK in the outbreak.
6th August 1890: In New York, a convicted axe murderer; William Kemmler; became the first person to be executed by electric chair.
9th August 1173: Construction begins on the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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29th July 1921: Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist Party of German Workers.
2nd August 1880: Greenwich Mean Time is officially adopted across the UK, thanks in part to the evolving train industry.
2nd August 1100: King William the 2nd of England, the son of William the Conqueror, is killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest.

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25th July 1978: Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful IVF baby, is born at Oldham General Hospital.
24th July 1851: The Window Tax, based on the number of windows on a house, is abolished in the UK.
21st July 365 AD: A tsunami devastates the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

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16th July 1054: The Patriarch of Constantinople is excommunicated by Pope Leo IX, leading to The Great Schism between Eastern and Western Churches.
14th July 1969: The four day 'Football War' breaks out between El Salvador and Honduras
17th July 1841: The satirical magazine Punch is first published

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10th July 1553: Lady Jane Grey becomes Queen for 9 days.
8th July 1947: The Roswell Incident sparks UFO conspiracy culture.
8th July 1776: The US Declaration of Independence is read publicly for the first time.