26th January 1788beautifulbritain.co.ukThe British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sailed into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. 26th January is now commemorated as Australia Day. 1823beautifulbritain.co.ukThe death of Edward Jenner, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine. Sometimes referred to as the Father of Immunology; its been said that his work saved more lives than the work of any other man. 1841beautifulbritain.co.ukHong Kong was proclaimed British sovereign territory. 1871beautifulbritain.co.ukThe Rugby Football Union was formed, in London, by an initial 20 clubs. 1885beautifulbritain.co.ukThe British commander of Khartoum, General Charles Gordon, was killed during the attack on Khartoum by troops of the Mahdi following a 10 month siege. 1907beautifulbritain.co.ukA riot broke out in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on the first night of J.M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World, when the audience took offence at the ‘foul language’. The riots continued for a week, but theshow went on, heavily guarded by police. 1907beautifulbritain.co.ukThe Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III was officially introduced into British Military Service. Its name comes from the designer of the rifles bolt system, James Paris Lee, and the factory in which it was designed, the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. 1908beautifulbritain.co.ukThe 1st Glasgow Boy Scout group, the first Scout group ever, was registered. 1910beautifulbritain.co.ukPolice rescued the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, from a crowd of angry Suffragettes. 1922beautifulbritain.co.ukThe birth of Michael Bentine, British comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goon Show radio show with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. 1942beautifulbritain.co.ukWorld War II: The first United States forces arrived in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland. 1950beautifulbritain.co.ukIndia became a Republic within the British Commonwealth. 1952beautifulbritain.co.ukAt least 20 people were killed and hundreds injured in anti-British riots in Cairo. 1968beautifulbritain.co.ukThe National Provincial Bank and the Westminster Bank merged to form the National Westminster (NatWest). 1982beautifulbritain.co.ukConservative Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher was elected in 1979 on the slogan Labour isnt working, yet the number of people out of work in Britain rose above three million for the first time since the 1930s. 1986beautifulbritain.co.ukThe Sunday Times and News of the World were printed at Wapping for the first time as the nations presses moved away from Fleet Street. 1994beautifulbritain.co.ukA protester fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, as he prepared to speak at an Australia Day rally in Sydney. 2014beautifulbritain.co.ukThe Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was named Honorary Australian of the Year for displaying archetypal Aussie characteristics in abundance.
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