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The Boston Massacre (known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street[ 1]) was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles. The event was heavily publicized as "a massacre" by leading Patriots ...
363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. [1]1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
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The heavy metal band Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris in London. The Wizard of Oz is shown on British television for the first time, on BBC One. 29 December – Two new laws, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Equal Pay Act 1970, come into force aiming to end unequal pay of men and women in the workplace.
Events. 1 January – establishment of the National Council for Civil Liberties by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith. [1] 21 January – ten thousand people attend a British Union of Fascists rally in Birmingham, organised by Oswald Mosley. [2] 27 March – the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 is passed.
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28 August – Caryl Churchill 's play Top Girls premieres at the Royal Court Theatre, London. 29 August – 65-year-old American Ashby Harper becomes the oldest person to swim the English Channel. 30 August – St David's Hall opens in Cardiff as the National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales.
22 October – The Damned release "New Rose", the first single marketed as "punk rock". 24 October – Racing driver James Hunt becomes Formula One world champion. [ 6] 25 October – Opening of the Royal National Theatre on the South Bank in London, in premises designed by Sir Denys Lasdun.