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* [[1643]] - The May Day celebration in [[Little Hodcombe]] turned especially bloody as the village's [[Queen of the May]] was [[murder|burned]] at the stake, an event instigated by the [[Malus]] and recounted by [[Will Chandler]] to the [[Fifth Doctor]] in [[1984]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening]]'') | * [[1643]] - The May Day celebration in [[Little Hodcombe]] turned especially bloody as the village's [[Queen of the May]] was [[murder|burned]] at the stake, an event instigated by the [[Malus]] and recounted by [[Will Chandler]] to the [[Fifth Doctor]] in [[1984]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening]]'') | ||
* [[1699]] - | * [[1699]] - [[Captain]] [[Henry Avery]] noted in the ''[[Fancy]]'' log that his ship had been stilled on a windless ocean for eight days. ([[WC]]: ''[[Prequel (The Curse of the Black Spot)|Prequel: The Curse of the Black Spot]]'') | ||
* [[1707]] - The [[Act of Union]] formally united [[Scotland]] and [[England]] as the [[United Kingdom]] of Great Britain.{{fact}} This was one of the events leading towards the [[Highlander Uprising]] in which [[Jamie McCrimmon]] participated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'') | * [[1707]] - The [[Act of Union]] formally united [[Scotland]] and [[England]] as the [[United Kingdom]] of Great Britain.{{fact}} This was one of the events leading towards the [[Highlander Uprising]] in which [[Jamie McCrimmon]] participated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'') | ||
* [[1957]] - The first ''[[Sputnik]]'' [[satellite]] was launched by the [[Soviet Union]], but was destroyed before it completed its first [[orbit]]. Neither the launch nor the satellite's destruction was ever made public. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | * [[1957]] - The first ''[[Sputnik]]'' [[satellite]] was launched by the [[Soviet Union]], but was destroyed before it completed its first [[orbit]]. Neither the launch nor the satellite's destruction was ever made public. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | ||