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LEISURE TIME: ON THIS DAY
(Daily Post (Liverpool) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)17AD Ovid (Publius Ovidus Naso), the celebrated poet, died in Rome - as did the historian Livy, who wrote a 142-book history of the city.
1492 The Spanish army recaptured Granada from the Moors.
1757 Clive of India captured Calcutta after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal. The latter imprisoned 146 British prisoners in the notorious "black hole". Only 23 survived.
1932 The Japanese set up the republic of Manchukuo after occupying Manchuria.
1946 King Zog was deposed as ruler of Albania.
1947 Cupro-nickel coins were issued by the British Mint to replace silver.
1952 Pope Pius XII declared that television was a threat to family life.
1971 Sixty-six people were crushed to death when a barrier collapsed at Glasgow Rangers' Ibrox Park ground.
1974 Tex Ritter, American singing cowboy of stage and screen, died. He sang the title song for High Noon.
1987 The publishers of Enid Blyton's Noddy books bowed to pressure groups and agreed to expunge all "racism" from them. Gollywogs would now become neutral gnomes.
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