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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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8th June 1959: The world’s only delivery of ‘Missile Mail’ took place when the United States Post Office Department sent 3,000 letters using a cruise missile

1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation

18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

19th June 1978: Garfield cartoon strip first published

18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France

16th June 1884: The Switchback Railway, America’s first purpose-built roller coaster, opened at Coney Island in New York City

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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