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Famous dates in Plymouth:
12th of November 1439 : First Town Incorporated by English Parliament
13rd of December 1577 : Drake Starts round the world voyage
26th of September 1580 : Drake completes the first circumnavigation of the globe
27th of July 1586 : Tobacco Hits English Society
12th of May 1588 : Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon
29th of July 1588 : Spanish Armada defeated
21st of December 1620 : The Pilgrim Fathers arrive at Massachusetts
11th of July 1776 : Cook sets sail on 3rd and last Voyage
27th of December 1831 : Darwin Sets Sail on The Beagle
28th of November 1919 : Nancy Astor becomes the first woman MP
22nd of April 1969 : Knox-Johnston completes first solo non stop voyage around the world

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Recommended Books:

A Picture of Britain
A Picture of Britain
Ashes Fever
Ashes Fever
Coast
Coast
Churchill
Churchill

Brit Quote:
Life is wasted on the living - Douglas Adams
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On this day:
Launch of BBC2 - 1964, Enoch Powells Rivers of Blood Speech - 1968, Sinclair ZX Spectrum Launched - 1982
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