Archives for: September 2008

25/04/08

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Our Journalists Events Diary is updated each month with events taking place in the UK up to six months ahead.

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27/09/08

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Barbie Doll Launched

26 March 2009

Barbie is 50!

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Permalink 13:11:36, 63 words, 27 views   English (EU)
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Britain Introduces Driving Tests

26 March 2009

The first driving tests were introduced in Britain on this date 75 years ago.

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Permalink 13:08:51, 87 words, 47 views   English (EU)
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Birth of First Man in Space

9 March 2009

Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet cosmonaut, and first man in space, was born on this date 75 years ago.

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Permalink 13:04:15, 42 words, 40 views   English (EU)
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Selfridges Opens its Doors

15 March 2009

The well-known London department store opened on this date 100 years ago.

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Permalink 13:01:40, 53 words, 34 views   English (EU)
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Birth of Kenneth Grahame

8 March 2009

On this day 150 years ago the creator of The Wind in the Willows was born.

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20/09/08

Permalink 14:11:37, 68 words, 48 views   English (EU)
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World Poetry Day

21 March 2009

World Poetry Day is an event which supports and promotes poetry with topical themes like peace, non-violence and tolerance.

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Permalink 14:08:35, 87 words, 49 views   English (EU)
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Birth of Albert Einstein

14 March 2009

On this date, 130 years ago, the revolutionary physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.

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Permalink 14:05:00, 94 words, 48 views   English (EU)
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Birth of Henry Tate

11 March 2009

Henry Tate, the English merchant and art patron who founded the Tate Gallery was born on this date in 1819.

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Permalink 14:00:30, 83 words, 71 views   English (EU)
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Howard Carter Dies

2 March 2009

The 70th anniversary of the death of the English Egyptologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen.

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Permalink 13:56:37, 79 words, 46 views   English (EU)
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No Smoking Day

11 March 2009

The annual awareness day that aims to help those smokers who want to stop smoking.

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13/09/08

Permalink 14:59:09, 98 words, 33 views   English (EU)
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World Book Day

5 March 2009

One of the aims of World Book Day is to encourage children to find pleasure in books and reading by providing them with the chance to have a book of their own.

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Permalink 14:56:33, 42 words, 43 views   English (EU)
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International Food and Drink Event

15 – 18 March 2009

Get inspired by this global food and drink extravaganza.

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Permalink 14:53:59, 60 words, 41 views   English (EU)
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Dusty Springfield Dies