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1 day ago · Lancaster, the historic county town, became a city in 1937. [19] The administrative county was also the most populous of its type outside London, with a population of 2,280,359 in 1961. By the census of 1971, the population of Lancashire and its county boroughs had reached 5,129,416, making it the most populous geographic county in the UK. [20]
8 hours ago · Adamson left Beath High in Cowdenbeath and formed a punk band with Richard Jobson in 1977 that became the Skids. He left in 1981 after three great albums and decided to start up a new band.
8 hours ago · Winchester stopped being the administrative capital of England some time in the 13th century as its influence waned while the City of London dominated commerce. The last monarch to be crowned at Winchester was Richard II in 1377, although the last monarch to be crowned by the Bishop of Winchester was Queen Mary I in 1553.
1 day ago · William Gregory, Lord Mayor of London, c. 1450 It is unknown when Bethlem, or Bedlam, began to specialise in the care and control of the insane, but it has been frequently asserted that Bethlem was first used for the insane from 1377. This date is derived from the unsubstantiated conjecture of the Reverend Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue, chaplain to the hospital, who published a monograph on its ...
4 hours ago · ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — On a desolate slab of island tundra in western Alaska, a resident of Adak will again become the last American to cast an in-person ballot for president, continuing a 12 ...
8 hours ago · Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum (Bauhaus, Art Deco, and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern.
1 day ago · KINUWESTIYON ng mga kongresista ang isiniwalat ni Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa na namudmod ng allowance sa mga pulis si Sen. Bong Go sa kasagsagan ng implementasyon ng Duterte drug war. “Did this come from the confidential and intelligence funds of [Davao City] Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and even when he became president?” tanong ni ACT
