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70 Years In 2022 the
platinum jubilee of Elizabeth II is being
celebrated.
Born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on 21 st
April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, London, the
girl nicknamed Lilibet wasn’t destined to
be Queen.
She was the eldest daughter of Prince
Albert and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duke
and Duchess of York. The Duke, a shy man
with a pronounced stammer, was the
younger brother of Edward who was heir
to the throne, and the family of four were
anticipating a quiet life without the heavy
responsibilities of rule. However, Edward
VIII's abdication was to propel Elizabeth
into the spotlight and take her on a quite
different path.
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60 Years Swedish
engineer Nils Bohlin was granted a US
patent for the three-point safety belt for
vehicles. It is now used in practically all
road vehicles.
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50 Years The first leap
second was added to our clocks. The
adjustment accounts for the difference
between precise time measured by atomic
clocks and imprecise solar time. 27 leap
seconds were added to clocks between
1972 and 2016. There are calls for the
adjustment to be abolished because it
disrupts essential technology such as
satellite navigation systems.
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40 Years American
computer scientist Scott Fahlman designed
the first documented emoticons and
posted them on Carnegie Mellon
University’s bulletin board system. The
emoticons were :-) and :-(
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30 Years Black
Wednesday sterling crisis. The UK crashed
out of the European Exchange Rate
Mechanism (ERM), raised interest rates
from 10% to 15%, and spent billions of
pounds buying up sterling that was being
frantically disposed of on international
markets.
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25 Years The UK returned
Hong Kong to China after more than 150
years.
Microsoft purchased $150 million (£96
million) worth of shares in struggling Apple
Computer.
Netflix began operating as an online DVD
rental service. It switched to a subscription
-based service in 1999, and later added
unlimited video streaming and original
programming
Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, her
companion Dodi Fayed, and their driver, in
a car crash in the Place de l’Alma
underpass in Paris, France.
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