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5:01am Tuesday 10th June 2008
10th June 1752 - Benjamin Franklin conducts his famous lightning experiment during a thunderstorm.
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5:54am Monday 9th June 2008
9th June 1822 - False teeth are patented by Charles Graham.
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5:03am Friday 6th June 2008
6th June 1844 - London's YMCA is founded by George Williams - a draper's assistant who is appalled by conditions many young apprentices live in.
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5:01am Thursday 5th June 2008
5th June 1661 - Isaac Newton is admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a student.
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5:58am Wednesday 4th June 2008
4th June 1896 - Henry Ford takes his first Ford automobile for a trial run around the streets of Detroit.
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5:26am Monday 2nd June 2008
2nd June 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
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5:23am Saturday 31st May 2008
31st May 1669 - Samuel Pepys gives up writing his diary, as his eyesight was failing.
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Call for higher tax for super rich
Updated 5:22pm Sunday 7th September 2008
High earners on more than £100,000 a year should pay higher tax rates to help achieve greater equality between the rich and poor, the TUC has urged.
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Driver killed in traffic collision
A driver has been killed after a serious road traffic collision between Egham and Old Windsor.
Big ballet hoping for massive hit
Stage hands at Epsom Playhouse are gearing themselves up to keep a close watch on the stage to make sure it copes when it comes under strain next month.
Charity golfers on long drive
A five-day golfing marathon is kicking off on September 15, when two young men will travel north to raise money for charity.
Film star pushing pubs
A film star from Battersea is fronting a campaign to get more people into pubs.
Groom plans television wedding
The groom’s role in wedding organisation usually extends to booking a car and picking the destination for a stag do but for one Croydon couple, a television show changed all that.
'Status dogs' drive up dumpings
The number of stray dogs recovered by the dog warden have almost doubled in Croydon over the past three years.
School to star on French screens
Students at Wallington County Grammar School are to be the stars of a French TV show.
Off licences to blacklist troublemakers
Off licences have joined forces to tackle crime and ban troublemakers from licensed premises in Elmbridge.
Hundreds expected at Tesco meeting
Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall is expected to be packed out for a special meeting to discuss the proposed new Tesco supermarket in Ashtead.
Raiders chased after attempted cash grab
Robbers have tried to snatch a Securicor van driver’s consignment in a daring daylight raid in Addington.
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