25 years ago: Bradford brains were behind a new development which could see the city leading the world in training people to do better jobs.
50 years ago: A budgerigar held up Bradford County Court when it escaped from a cage that had been taken to court by a defendant.
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1649: Oliver Cromwell abolished the office of King and declared England a Commonwealth.
1921: The first birth control clinic was set up in London by Dr Marie Stopes.
1945: The Americans defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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