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11th July 1947: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe marked by this live #WorldFringeDay podcast

11th July 2017
Tagged as: Anniversary, Art, Buxton, Comedy, Culture, Derbyshire, Edinburgh, Festival, International, Music, Scotland

HistoryPod is proud to be able to celebrate #WorldFringeDay, and the foundation of the Fringe movement, in this special live recording from the Buxton Festival Fringe in the wonderful English spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire.

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11th July 1947: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe marked by this live #WorldFringeDay podcast

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18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

20th September 1066: Harald Hardrada wins Battle of Fulford

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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