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Anniversaries

Saturday 12 June 1993 23:02 BST
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13 June 1842: Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to travel by train.

1900: The Boxer Rebellion began in China.

1944: First Doodlebug landed on London, in Grove Road, Bow.

1981: Blanks fired at the Queen during the Trooping of the Colour.

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