25 years ago: Greater London Council leader Ken Livingstone was coming to Bradford to throw his weight behind a campaign of defiance against Mrs Thatcher.
50 years ago: Plans meaning the demolition of Bradford’s big Kirkgate Market and surrounding property were called for by the Corporation Markets Committee.
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1692: The Glencoe massacre took place in the Scottish Highlands, when the MacDonalds were murdered by their traditional enemies, the Campbells.
1945: Hundreds of allied planes bombed Dresden, devastating one of the world’s most beautiful cities.
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