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10th April 1858: Big Ben, the bell inside the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster, was cast

10th April 2023
Tagged as: Bell, Britain, Clock, England, London, Parliament, Time, Westminster

The bell has chimed the hours almost non-stop since it first rang in July 1859, over a year after the bell itself was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

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5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time

5th February 2022
Tagged as: BBC, Broadcast, Clock, Culture, Greenwich, Radio, Time

Although now largely inaccurate as a result of the inherent delay in the encoding, transmission, and decoding of digital radio broadcasts, the Greenwich Time Signal pips are still a part of many BBC radio programmes.

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10th April 1858: Big Ben, the bell inside the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster, was cast

5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

2nd October 1627: The Chongzhen Emperor, the last ruler of the Ming Dynasty, ascends the throne

1st October 1957: The phrase ‘In God We Trust’ appears on U.S. paper currency for the first time

30th September 1935: The Hoover Dam is dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt

29th September 1918: German Supreme Army Command urges Wilhelm II negotiate an armistice after the Allies break through the Hindenburg Line

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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