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Worlds 1st regular daily paper 'The Courant' published - 1702, Great Sheffield Flood - 1864, Anschluss - 1938, Pound Note Withdrawn from Circulation - 1988, Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce Jailed - 2013
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