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Sep 16, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Richard Nelsson

    France gives guillotine the chop – archive, 1981 (opens the original)

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    Deputies vote to end capital punishment despite opinion polls showing that two-thirds of French people favour the death penalty From Paul Webster in Paris 27 August 1981 The French cabinet yesterday agreed to end the death penalty as the first of a series of sweeping reforms over the next four months. President Mitterrand also called on the government to “amplify” what he called the positive actions of his first three months in office by ordering nearly 20 major projects to be carried out be

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Richard Nelsson

    How did the Guardian cover Oasis at Knebworth 1996? Well … we didn’t (opens the original)

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    Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy News: Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts Over two days in August 1996, Oasis played to 250,000 people at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. Riding high on two bestselling albums, the concerts were seen as the crowning moment in their career. The Guardian covered the weekend but Caroline Sullivan’

  3. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Richard Nelsson

    Goodbye to the Soviet Union – archive, 1991 (opens the original)

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    On 2 September 1991, the Congress of People’s Deputies voted for the dissolution of the Soviet Union, allowing its republics to opt for independence By Jonathan Steele in Moscow 3 September 1991 The USSR’s supreme legislative body voted overwhelmingly yesterday to bury the existing union of 15 Soviet republics, allow the Baltic republics and any others that wish it to go free, and prepare for an economic confederation in its place. In a move which is no less dramatic than the suspension of t

  4. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Richard Nelsson

    Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel – archive 1926 (opens the original)

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    The 19-year-old made the crossing from Cape Gris-Nez to Deal in 14 hours and 39 minutes, breaking the men’s record by almost two hours Miss Gertrude Ederle, a 19-year-old New York swimmer, swam the English Channel yesterday from the French coast to England. She is the first woman to accomplish this feat, which has been performed on only five previous occasions, although her fellow countrywoman Miss Clarabelle Barrett came within two miles of it last Monday. Her time is given as 14 hours 45 min

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