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1 November 1916
Nursemaids occupuing their spare moments in Hyde Park knitting by comforts for soldiers.
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2 November 1960
D H Lawrence's novel 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' back on sale after victory for Penguin Books Ltd, at the Old Bailey when the jury decided that it was not obscene.
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3 November 1957
Laika, the first living creature in space, harnessed in her special space kennel before taking off on Sputnik 2.
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4 November 1952
H M The Queen talks to American dancer Nanci Crompton at the end of the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium.
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5 November 1960
Guy Fawkes Day as seven year old Anthony Foxwell from Sidcup, Kent has fun with his sparkler firework.
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6 November 1967
Roselyne from the 'School of Style and Charm' wears a Camisole of Charm which is tied at the hem with rope to force the wearer to take perfect short steps. Paris, France.
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7 November 1940
High winds cause the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to sway, undulate and finally collapse into Puget Sound.
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8 November 1967
HRH Duke of Edinburgh opens the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada.
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9 November 1852
The banquet given for Queen Victoria at the Guildhall, London.
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10 November 1959
Cliff Richard
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11 November 1918
Armistice Day celebrations in London
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12 November 1989
A West German policeman helps an East German guard through the Berlin wall as unification begins.
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13 November 1966
One of two photographs taken of a UFO by Ralph Ditter in his garden at Zanesville, Ohio, USA . He later admitted they were hoax.
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14 November 1973
The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, and Mark Phillips leave Westminster Abbey after their wedding
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15 November 1796
Napoleon Bonaparte personally leading an assault across Arcola Bridge in a three-day battle against the Austrians in northern Italy.
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16 November 2000
Sir Simon Rattle, conducting at Royal Festival Hall.
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17 November 1951
Actress, Greta Garbo and photographer, Cecil Beaton, walk together in London.
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18 November 1177
Crusades. Battle of Ascalon (Frankish Syria). On the left : Baudouin IV the Leper (1160-1185). Painting by Ch. P. Larivière in Musée de Versailles.
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19 November 1949
14 year old showjumper Pat Moss takes her pony over the racing car of her brother Stirling Moss at their home in Bray, Berkshire.
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20 November 1947
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) marries Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh).
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21 November 1960
The last ten soldiers to be called for National Service with Britains armed forced are drilled by Corporal of Horse John Cowdery on the square at Combemere Barracks, Windsor, Berkshire.
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22 November 1963
President John F Kennedy's assassination. Dallas, Texas.
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23 November 1963
The world reacts to Kennedy's assassination.
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24 November 1958
Ingrid Bergman and Lars Schmidt, her husband-to-be, arriving at the premier of ' The Inn of the Sixth Happiness'.
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25 November 1919
Training children for Drury Lane Pantomime under the direction of Mme Blessie Sismondi at the Tiller School of Dancing.
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26 November 2003
Britain's former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher sits alone as she waits for the start of the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London.
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27 November 1959
Princess Anne in the gardens at Buckingham Palace walking to a Brownie meeting.
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28 November 1960
Mr Guggenheim as his collection of glass paperweights is auctioned at Sotheby's in London.
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29 November 1961
Regent Street lights up for Christmas.
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30 November 1861
Giant squid (20-24 feet long including arms, with its mouth 18 inches across) seen from the French gunboat, 'Alecton' on off the Canary Islands.
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