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		<title>LSE Students Take Over University</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 27th January 1969, the London School of Economics was closed because students forcibly dismantled steel security gates in protest at the appointment of Walter Adams &#8211; a prominent figure from aparteid Rhodesia. The governors had put up steel gates for security, but a group of students said it made them feel as though they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Derby at Epsom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Derby has been run on the Downs near Epsom since 1780 and is named after Edward Smith Stanley, the 12th Earl of Derby. The original race was The Oaks, named after Derby&#8217;s estate, and was exclusively for three-year-old fillies. The race became so successful that The Derby was created to find the best colts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Man on the Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 21st of July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. He walked into the Sea of Tranquility at 0256 GMT and reported back with the words: &#8220;Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.&#8221; He had earlier set up cameras to capture the first steps and said: &#8220;That&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong Handover from Britain to China</title>
		<link>http://www.popular-nostalgia.com/hong-kong-handover-from-britain-to-china-194/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1990s]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone remembers the spontaneous emotion displayed by the last governor of Hong Kong -Chris Patten. He was upset to leave the place he loved and it showed. He later left the Foreign Office. After 99 years of British rule, Hong Kong was handed back to its rightful owners, the Chinese. A tactical stronghold and last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Queen&#8217;s Coronation 1953</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the death of King George VI on 6 February 1952, Princess Elizabeth immediately became Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith. She was the first monarch in over 200 years to succeed to the throne whilst abroad. However, the desire for a sunny day and a big party to accompany the coronation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OJ Simpson Suspected of Murder 1994 to 1995</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OJ Simpson flees the scene of his wife&#8217;s murder and the chase is caught on camera. OJ goes on to plead not guilty to the murder and is set free after hiring some of the country&#8217;s best lawyers. The prosecution case was riddled with errors of judgement and poor presentation skills. It seems that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Channel Tunnel Opens 1994</title>
		<link>http://www.popular-nostalgia.com/channel-tunnel-opens-1994-189/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember watching on the news as French and British workers shook hands in a miracle of engineering after having tunnelled all the way underneath the English Channel. They exchanged flags and posed for photographs as Britain prepared itself for an end to its 8,000 year-old isolation. Phillipe Cozette was the lucky man to drill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Newscast from 14th November 1994</title>
		<link>http://www.popular-nostalgia.com/american-newscast-from-14th-november-1994-188/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst scouring youtube for a video of the Chunnel workers finally breaking through to France, I happened across this hilarious Memphis newscast which was broadcast on the very same day. It is like something straight out of &#8220;Anchorman&#8221;. I&#8217;m just expecting the guy to say he&#8217;s going to punch her in the ovaries. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lion King -the death of Mufasa</title>
		<link>http://www.popular-nostalgia.com/the-lion-king-the-death-of-mufasa-166/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responsible for mentally scarring a whole generation of 9 year olds, the death of Mufasa made children cry -all over the world. In the same league as the death of Leonardo di Caprio in Romeo &#38; Juliet and the death of Jack in Titanic, Mufasa&#8217;s death was cruel and horrible. I&#8217;m glad to consign this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Safeways became Morrisons</title>
		<link>http://www.popular-nostalgia.com/when-safeways-became-morrisons-118/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to live about 300 metres from a Safeway&#8217;s store and most of the teenage population of my town worked there. In addition to picking up the groceries I could obtain the entire month&#8217;s gossip in the time it took to scan the bread and vegetables. However, when Morrisons took over, not only did [...]]]></description>
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