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Vikings Raid Northumbria Coast for 1st time - 0793, Archbishop of York Beheaded - 1405, The Newton Rebellion and Massacre - 1607, Earthquake hits Perth - 1624, 1984 Published - 1949, Naomi James Globe Circling First - 1978, First Woman Jockey in Derby - 1996, Jonathan Aitken Jailed - 1999
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