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SOCIETY / HISTORY
List: Top Ten Historical Dates That Should Be A National Holiday in Britain
Date: May 2006
Source: BBC History magazine online poll.
Base: Approximately 5,000 people voted.
Notes: The UK is unusual in that it dose not have a 'National Day' - nor a public holiday to go with it. Although Magna Carta won the vote, there would be a slight problem with making this a national day for Britain since it was a uniquely English event with little direct impact on 'Britain' as a whole which did not exist at the time.
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Event
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June 15th
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Signing of Magna Carta by King John (1215)
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May 8th
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VE Day (1945)
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June 6th
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D-Day (1944)
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November 11th
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Armistice Day (1918)
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October 21st
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Nelson's victory at Trafalgar (1805)
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March 25th
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Abolition of the slave trade (1807)
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June 18th
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Defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo (1815)
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November 30th
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Birth of Winston Churchill (1874)
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May 19th
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Establishment of the Cromwellian Republic (1649)
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June 7th
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Passing of the 'Reform Act' (1832)
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