25 years ago: A £10 million commercial, industrial and shopping development for the former International Harvesters site at Idle, Bradford, was to be unveiled.
50 years ago: A former commanding officer of the RAF recruiting centre, Bradford was killed in a crash at the notorious “Hell Fire Corner” crossroads at Wyke, Bradford.
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1840: Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
1913: The bodies of Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Scott and his party were found 13 months after they disappeared on their South Pole mission.
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