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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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17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada

6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins

17th January 1991: Gulf War combat begins with Operation Desert Storm

16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment

15th January 1919: Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg killed by Freikorps

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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