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Aneurin Bevan was born into an area of Wales where two-thirds of the male population worked underground in the mines. Throughout his career he championed the cause of the working classes and his service as Minister for Health gave the British universal healthcare through the National Health Service.
Aneurin Bevan Aneurin “Nye” Bevan was [...] P. T. Barnum is remembered as the circus showman and promoter of “The Greatest Show on Earth”, but he did not start his circus venture until he was 60. In his earlier career he took on many roles, becoming a newspaper publisher, an exhibitor of curiosities, a concert promoter and a theatre owner.
George Everest was responsible for the great trigonometrical survey of India, but it is for the peak that bears his name that he is remembered. Despite this, he never saw the world’s largest mountain.
George Everest George Everest, the eldest son and third of six children of William and Lucetta Everest, was born on [...] The record set by the LNER’s Mallard locomotive on 3 July 1938 looks set to remain unbroken well into the future.
LNER’s Mallard by Steve F E Cameron In the 1930s the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), Sir Nigel Gresley, took on the challenge of designing a class [...] On 2 July 1900 the first rigid airship built by Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin flew over Lake Constance in Southern Germany. Although the test was not a complete success, it marked the start of a new era in powered flight.
LZ-1 (The First Zeppelin) Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin first saw the potential for [...] |
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