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From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date: 20050401
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1873: Sergei Rachmaninov, last of the great Russian Romantic composers, was born in Oneg. He later settled in the USA1875: Edgar Wallace, thriller writer and journalist, was born in London. In his 28-year career he wrote 173 books, 22 plays and hundreds of short stories.

1908: The Territorial Army was founded.

1918: The Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps merged to become the Royal Air Force.

1924: The first gramophone to change records automatically went on sale. 1965: Greater London came into being, comprising the City of London plus 32 metropolitan ...

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