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This retirement income scheme comes into force. | |
This explorer's Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole is forced to turn back just 112 miles from the pole. | |
This actor, best known for roles in The Pink Panther and Around the World in 80 Days, and winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1958 (for Separate Tables), is born. | |
The Anglo-Siamese Treaty is signed in this Thai city. | |
This famous department store (the second largest in the UK) opens on Oxford Street in London. | |
The Children Act 1908 comes into effect, (amongst other things) abolishing this method of execution for under-16s. | |
The Scottish Football Association withholds this competition after a riot between rival fans in the final. | |
This tennis player, winner of Wimbledon for three consecutive years from 1934 to 1936, is born. | |
This footballer and manager, famous for managing Manchester United to a host of league titles and cup wins in the 50s and 60s, is born. | |
Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open this London museum, dedicated to a former monarch and her husband. | |
This French aviator flies across the English Channel from Calais to Dover, winning a prize of £1000 from the Daily Mail. | |
This intelligence organisation is secretly established. | |
The first Boy Scout rally is held at this exhibition site in South East London. | |
This stadium hosts its first rugby football match. | |
This artist, known for his bold but bleak figurative art style, including the late masterpiece Study for a Self Portrait -Triptych, 1985-86, is born. | |
This (now defunct) high street chain opens its first store in Liverpool. | |
This West Country university is founded. | |
This African country, antagonists in the Boer Wars, is granted dominion status. | |
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