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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. - Thomas Hardy
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Irish Catholic Uprising - 1641, Battle of Trafalgar - 1805, First Women Peers Enter Lords - 1958, 1st British Nuclear Powered Sub launched - 1960, The Aberfan Disaster - 1966
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