IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1803.—Wellington won Assaye, his first great battle. 1874. —Dunedin Club purchased Fernhill 1876.—First iron produced from iron sand at New Plymouth. 1888. Death of Marshal Bazaine, who surrendered Metz to the Prussians in 1873. 1889. —Wilkie Collins, novelist, died. 1905.—Separation of Sweden and Norway agreed to. 1914.—First British air raid on Germany. 1918.—Capture of Acre. —September 24. 1860.—5. R. Crockett born. 1875. —Railway opened between Oamarn and Waitaki. 1889.—Eliza Cook, poet, died. 1898.—Lord Kitchener and Mayor Marchand met at Fashoda. Czechs and Slovaks maintain revolts against Nazi oppressors. Rebellion spreading to Austria. American Press endorses President Roosevelt’s appeal for revision' of the embargo provisions of the Neutrality Nazi propaganda among Arabs a complete failure. . , , . Berlin streets illuminated for the first time since outbreak of war.
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Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 16
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129IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 16
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