Prof Frank McDonough

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Professor of International History. Tweets This Day in History at 7.30 AM (GMT) every day. History is only rock ‘n’ roll, but I like it.

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Vrijeme pridruživanja: veljača 2011.

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  1. 5 February 1852. The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was opened to the public for the first time.

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  2. 5 February 1852. The Bilberry reservoir in West Yorkshire collapsed, causing flooding and killing 81 people.

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  3. 5 February 1811. The Regency Act was passed. It allowed Prince George of Wales (George IV) to rule because his father, George III, was considered ‘insane’ by his doctors.

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  4. 5 February 1788. Sir Robert Peel was born in Bury. Peel was twice PM and founder of the Metropolitan Police, nicknamed ‘Bobbies’. His decision to repeal the Corn Laws split the Conservative Party. He has also been criticised for his ineffective response to the Irish Famine.

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  7. PHOTO OF THE DAY. Madame Decourcelle, the first woman taxi driver in Paris (1909).

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  8. USA No.1 on this day in 1974: Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were via

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  9. UK No.1 on this day in 1969: Love Affair - Everlasting Love via

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  10. 4 February 2013. Rock legend Reg Presley died (aged 71). He was the lead singer with the 1960s rock band The Troggs. Hits included Wild Thing a US No.1 & With a Girl Like You a UK No.1. He also wrote Love Is All Around a record breaking UK No.1 in 1990s for Wet Wet Wet.

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  11. 4 February 2004. Facebook, the social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

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  12. 4 February 1987. Flamboyant pianist Liberace died (aged 67). He was known as ‘Mr Showmanship’.

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  13. 4 February 1983. Pop superstar Karen Carpenter died from heartbeat irregularities, brought on by anorexia nervosa. She was 32.

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  14. 4 February 1969. Yasser Arafat became the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

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  15. 14 February 1963. Harold Wilson was elected the leader of the Labour Party. He went on to win four General Elections.

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  16. 4 February 1948. Ceylon became a self governing dominion within the British Commonwealth. It later changed its name to Sri Lanka.

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  17. 4 February 1948. Rock legend Alice Cooper was born in Detriot, Michigan, USA. He is known as “The Godfather of Shock Rock”. His biggest UK hit was School’s Out which was No.1 in 1972.

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  18. 4 February 1945. The three key Allied leaders Roosevelt (US), Churchill (GB) & Stalin (USSR) met at Yalta to coordinate plans to defeat Nazi Germany.

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  19. 4 February 1920. Norman Wisdom was born in London. His comedy films were the biggest UK box office hits of the 1950s.

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    4 February 1913. Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee. Alabama. Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger during 1955 Montgomery bus protest was a pivotal moment in the history of the civil rights movement.

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