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ON THIS DAY: Great Britain grants women over 30 the right to vote (1918)

On 6 February 1918, Britain adopted the Representation of the People Act, a historic reform that granted women over the age of 30 the...

On This Day: The sound that made the world “on time” (1924)

First broadcast of the Greenwich Time Signal in 1924 On this day in 1924, the Greenwich Time Signal was broadcast for the first time, marking...

ON THIS DAY: S. Africa took a step toward ending apartheid (1990)

On this day in 1990, F. W. de Klerk, then President of South Africa, announced the lifting of the 30-year ban on the African...

ON THIS DAY: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes (1986)

On January 28, 1986, the United States faced a heartbreaking space disaster when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff from...

ON THIS DAY: Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army (1945)

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is observed annually on 27 January...

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Six workers infected in rare outbreak Two Frankfurt Airport workers...

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese avant-garde artist, dies aged 97

Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese avant-garde artist who achieved global...

Unemployment falls to lowest level since 2008 – 540,130 employed

Unemployment fell to 3.6% of the labour force in...

Larnaca: Two women arrested over €6,700 theft and brothel operation

The arrests of two Brazilian women, aged 25 and...
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