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19th October 1953: Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 first published

19th October 2020
Tagged as: America, Books, Censorship, Culture, Literature, Publishing, United States, USA

Set in the distant future where books are outlawed, the story focuses on Guy Montag whose job as a fireman sees him burn houses that are found to contain books.

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22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

22nd September 2020
Tagged as: Culture, Geography, Literature, Magazine, Publishing, Science

The first edition of the National Geographic Magazine was published by the National Geographic Society.

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19th October 1953: Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 first published

22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

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12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

18th October 1565: European and Japanese naval forces fight for the first time

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27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a class’

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

2nd December 1804: Napoleon crowns himelf Emperor of the French

1st December 1918: Unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania

30th November 1982: Michael Jackson releases the album Thriller

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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