25 years ago: Former Labour leader Michael Foot attacked the Government’s unemployment record at a rally at St George’s Hall, Bradford.
50 years ago: More than 900 Bradford schoolchildren arrived at St George’s Hall more than 45 minutes early for a concert by the West Riding Orchestra after being told the wrong start time.
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1989: The Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground on a reef in Prince William Sound off the Alaskan coast and released 11 million gallons of crude oil into the sea.
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