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

4th June 2018
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 2017
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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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

20th September 1066: Harald Hardrada wins Battle of Fulford

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb

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

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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