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Here Dead Lie We- Houseman
No exact time but the life og Houseman -
The Education Bill introduces state secondary school
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WWI
8 million lives claimed, women could vote from 1918 and forward -
The Road Not Taken - Frost
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Ireland independence
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First Labour government was elected
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General strike in Britain, The British Commonwealth of Nations is founded
9 days long, an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners called by General Council of the Trades Union Congress -
Wall Street Crash
The Wall Street Crash also known as Black Tuesday, was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. -
Do Not Stand By My Grave And Weep- Frye
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Funeral Blues-Auden
And Refugee Blues(1939) -
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WWII
Infrastructure destroyed by German bombings -
Atomic bombs dropped over Japan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
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The Cold War
The "war" was between The superpowers US and Soviet Union UK was US' most important ally -
India's independence
UK's economy was already bad at the time but got worse in 1953 when they lost the Suez Canal -
My Papa's Waltz- Roethke
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night- Thomas
