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Now and then
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26 July
1792: Associated Friends of the People for Parliamentary Reform
was constituted in Edinburgh.
1845: Brunel's 320ft iron ship Great Britain left Liverpool for
New York on her maiden voyage.
1908: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation established.
1945: Clement Attlee's Labour government came to power with an
absolute majority. He said: "Labour can deliver the goods."
1945: Britain, US and China demanded Japan's unconditional
surrender as terms fo...
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