Brit Quote: The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller - John Milton More Quotes
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Penny Black issued (worlds 1st stamp) - 1840, Roger Bannister runs the four minute mile - 1954, Moors murderers found guilty - 1966, The Channel Tunnel opens - 1994, Bank of England Given Independence - 1997 More dates from British history
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