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Artificial barrier of brick or stone. Walls are normally built to protect property, but in upland areas they frequently replace hedges or fences as field boundaries.


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14 January 1963

Segregationist George Wallace is inaugurated as the governer of Alabama, promising his followers 'Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!'

20 January 1936

George V, King of England, dies. He is succeeded by Edward VIII, who abdicates 325 days later, before his coronation, because of his insistence in marrying American divorcee Wallis Simpson.

28 February 1935

Wallace Carothers’ research group at the chemical company DuPont discover Nylon.

7 March 1965
Acting upon the orders of Governor George Wallace, state troopers and volunteer officers disperse a civil rights demonstration in Alabama. At least 50 protesters are injured in the course of the police action.
3 April 1987

The jewels of the late Duchess of Windsor, the former Mrs Wallis Simpson who married Edward VI of England after his abdication in 1936, fetch more than £30million at auction.

8 April 1918
The First World War: Thousands of Americans watch actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on Wall Street.
29 April 1986
The Funeral of Wallis Simpson, The Duchess of Windsor, takes place in England.
15 May 1972
In America, the Governor of Alabama, George Wallace, is shot and crippled for life in an assassination attempt during his Presidential Campaign in Maryland.
16 May 1943
The Second World War: In what comes to be known as the Dambusters raid, the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany are attacked and destroyed by 19 Lancaster aircraft from the RAF's 617 Squadron led by Guy Gibson, using the specially designed bouncing bombs invented by Barnes Wallis.
17 May 1792

In America, 24 brokers meet on Wall Street in New York to sign an agreement to fix uniform rates of commission for the sale of stocks and bonds - effectively establishing the city's first stock exchange.

29 May 1985
39 football fans are killed and at least another 400 injured when a wall collapses during crowd violence at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels only minutes before the start of the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus.
3 June 1937
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor and former heir to the throne of England, marries American divorcee Wallis Simpson in France.
11 June 1963
In America, Alabama Governor George Wallace ends his blockade of the University of Alabama and allows two African American students to enrol.
12 June 1987
American President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
28 June 1969
In what is regarded as the first major protest on behalf of equal rights for homosexuals, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay club New York City, turns violent as patrons and local sympathisers begin rioting against the police.
1 July 1858
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace theories on evolution and natural selection are presented to the Linnaean Society in London.
3 July 1767
Pitcairn Island in the southern Pacific Ocean is discovered by the crew of the British ship HMS Swallow.
8 July 1965
Ronald Biggs, one of the Great Train Robbers, scales the wall of Wandsworth Prison in London using a rope ladder and escapes after serving just 15 months of his jail sentence. He is later found living in Brazil.
19 July 1588
The ships of the Spanish Armada are sighted off Lizard Point, in Cornwall on the English coast.
22 July 1298
The English Army of Edward I defeats the Scots led by William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk in Scotland.
2 August 1967
In England, the second Blackwall Tunnel (the eastern tunnel) opens in Greenwich, London.
4 August 1972
A court in Maryland, USA sentences Arthur Bremer to 63 years in prison for attempting to assassinate Alabama Governor George Wallace. Wallace was left paralysed in his legs as a result of the attack.
5 August 1305
Scottish leader William Wallace is betrayed by John de Menteith as the English capture Wallace at Robroyston near Glasgow.
16 August 2004
In Britain, Boscastle in north Cornwall is completely devastated as flash floods sweep through the coastal village.
17 August 1962
East German guards gun down Peter Fechter whilst he tried to escape across the Berlin Wall into West Berlin and leave him to bleed to death.
23 August 1305
Scottish nationalist leader William Wallace is executed by the English.
11 September 1297
Scottish nationalist William Wallace defeats the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in Scotland.
12 September 1940
In France, the discovery of the Lascaux Caves, containing many prehistoric wall paintings.
13 September 1998
One of the most controversial politicians in U.S. history, former Governor of Alabama, George Wallace, dies aged 79.
16 September 1920
In America, at least 30 people are killed and a further 200 injured when a bomb explodes on Wall Street, New York. It is not known who planted the explosive.
19 October 1987
Millions of dollars are wiped off the value of shares on Wall Street and other financial markets around the world, the markets shed 22.5 percent of their total value.
24 October 1929
A week before the Wall Street Crash in America, stock prices plummet and investors on the New York Stock Exchange dump13 million shares, in what is known as “Black Thursday.”
27 October 1936
In England, American Wallis Simpson, the future Duchess of Windsor, is granted a divorce, from her husband leaving her free to marry King Edward VIII.
18 November 1421
In the Netherlands, a seawall at the Zuider Zee dike collapses, leading to mass flooding killing approximately 10,000 people.
30 November 1979
In Britain, Pink Floyd release their classic album ‘The Wall’.
17 December 1963

The first West Berliners are allowed to cross into East Berlin to visit relatives since the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

19 December 1981
The 8-man crew of the Penlee Lifeboat all lose their lives attempting to rescue the crew of the coaster Union Star which is wrecked in violent seas off the coast of Cornwall, England.
29 December 1860
The world’s first iron-clad warship, ‘Warrior’, is launched at Blackwall on the River Thames in London, England.
 

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