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13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

13th November 2018
Tagged as: Civil Rights, Law, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Racism, Supreme Court, Transport, Transportation

The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was illegal.

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5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

5th June 2018
Tagged as: Belgium, Constantinople, Europe, France, Paris, Railway, Train, Transport, Transportation, Travel

The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.

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18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

18th March 2018
Tagged as: Agriculture, Australia, England, Law, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Transportation, Unionisation, Workers

The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.

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4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

4th December 2017
Tagged as: Atlantic, Cargo, Ghost, Gibraltar, Mystery, Ship, Transportation

Mary Celeste had departed New York on 7 November.

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13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

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17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

19th January 1917: 73 people killed in the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in London

22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

26th February 1935: Hitler formally establishes the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

19th November 1863: Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address

18th November 1987: 31 people killed in the Kings Cross fire on the London Underground

17th November 1558: Queen Elizabeth I’s reign begins after the death of Mary I

16th November 1990: Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy Award for not singing on their album

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

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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