British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
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1982
Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial…
Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting.
1960
Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's…
Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
1959
Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee…
Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
1917
The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home…
The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
1148
Death of Saint Malachy
Died: Saint Malachy (born 1094).
971
Birth of Mahmud of Ghazni
Born: Mahmud of Ghazni (died 1030).
619
A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals…
A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu.
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