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4th June 1913: Suffragette Emily Davison hit by a racehorse at Epsom Derby

4th June 2020
Tagged as: George V, Horse Racing, Suffrage, Suffragettes, Women, Women's Suffrage, WSPU

On the 4^th June 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was hit by King George V’s racehorse at the Epsom Derby after she stepped onto the track.

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10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union

10th October 2019
Tagged as: Britain, Militancy, Politics, Suffrage, Suffragettes, Women's Suffrage, WSPU

On the 10^th October 1903 the Women’s Social and Political Union, whose members came to be known as suffragettes, was founded at the Manchester home of Sylvia and Emmeline Pankhurst.

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4th June 1913: Suffragette Emily Davison hit by a racehorse at Epsom Derby

10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union

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14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

23rd June 1894: Establishment of the International Olympic Committee

10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time

30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs

10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the USA

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

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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