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3 January – The Met Office reports that 2012 was the wettest year on record for England. [1]4 January – Mark Cahill, a 51-year-old former pub landlord from West Yorkshire becomes the first person in the UK to receive a hand transplant.
15 October – Charles Taylor arrives in the UK to serve the remainder of his 50-year prison sentence, the first head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II. [131] 18 October – a planned firefighters strike in England and Wales for the following day is called off at the eleventh hour, following progress in talks over pensions.
Kenneth Dement, American football player and lawyer (b. 1933) Pat Derby, British-born American animal trainer and rights activist (b. 1942) February 16. Lou Myers, American actor (b. 1935) Ernie Vossler, American golf player and course designer and husband of Marlene Hagge (b. 1928) February 17. Phil Henderson, American basketball player (b. 1968)
Here's a look back at the people and groups to receive the distinction over the past decade. ... of this new America,” Time editor Rick Stengel wrote in a 2012 Time piece about Obama’s ...
Slavery in Britain existed before the Roman occupation, which occurred from approximately AD 43 to AD 410, and the practice endured in various forms until the 11th century, during which the Norman conquest of England resulted in the gradual merger of the pre-conquest institution of slavery into serfdom in the midst of other economic upheavals ...
AOL Vanishing jobs and dangerous jobs, photos showing the inside scene, minimum wage workers and restaurant receipts galore were topics drawing the most attention in 2013. 11 Jobs from 1850 That ...
2013 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
Five years ago this week, I called Motley Fool editor Anand Chokkavelu on the phone. "So, Lehman Brothers just filed for bankruptcy," I said. Thus began the financial crisis and the worst ...