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5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

5th December 2022
Tagged as: coal, England, Environment, London, Pollution, Smog, United Kingdom

The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital due to a combination of air pollution and weather conditions.

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21st October 1966: 144 people killed in the Aberfan disaster after a colliery spoil tip collapses

21st October 2022
Tagged as: Britain, coal, disaster, mining, Wales

At 9.15am on the 21^st October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip above the Welsh village of Aberfan collapsed.

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21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society

21st June 2021
Tagged as: America, Business, coal, Immigration, Ireland, Irish, Molly Maguires, United States, USA, Workers

Historians have since questioned the convictions, which saw ten men hanged for murder – six in the prison at Pottsville, and four at Mauch Chunk in Carbon County.

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5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

21st October 1966: 144 people killed in the Aberfan disaster after a colliery spoil tip collapses

21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society

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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

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

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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