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India and Pakistan became independent.

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First Wireless communication across the Atlantic

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Abolition of the Slave Trade

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Peterloo Massacre

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Gagging Acts

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Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade Founded

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The Statute of Anne

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Licensing Act

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The Peace of Paris

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Captain James Cook's voyages to Australia and New Zealand

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