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Famous dates in Liverpool:
20th of June 1819 : 1st Paddleship steamer crosses Atlantic
5th of November 1909 : 1st UK Woolworths Opens
29th of November 1940 : Bomb Kills 166 in Liverpool Air-Raid Shelter
6th of July 1957 : Lennon and McCartney First Meet
9th of November 1961 : Brian Epstein Meets The Beatles
24th of January 1962 : Beatles Sign for Epstein
20th of March 1964 : Beatles release Cant Buy Me Love
24th of June 1971 : Mersey Tunnel Opens
2nd of April 1977 : Red Rum wins the national for 3rd time
18th of November 1983 : Walton Sextuplets Born
14th of February 1993 : Body of James Bulger found

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Recommended Books:

A Picture of Britain
A Picture of Britain
Ashes Fever
Ashes Fever
Coast
Coast
Churchill
Churchill

Brit Quote:
Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. - Lewis Carroll
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On this day:
Battle of Berwick - 1296, Fire Claims 19 Glasgow Firefighters - 1960
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