25 years ago: Bingley-born pianist John Briggs cancelled a prestigious concert to fly almost 1,000 miles for a charity performance in his home town.
50 years ago: A daring cat burglar eluded capture in Bradford by a hairs-breadth after incidents likened by the owner of one of the premises to a TV thriller.
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1824: Work on John Rennie’s London Bridge began.
1933: Hitler proclaimed the Third Reich, which he said would endure for a thousand years.
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