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1035: Death of Canute (Knut), Danish king of a "North Sea empire" spanning England and much of Scandinavia. 1660: John Bunyan was jailed for preaching without a licence - his famous work The Pilgrim's Progress would be written in prison. 1859: The man who invented the leotard - Jules Leotard - gave the world's first flying trapeze display in Paris. 1911: The Rev Chad Varah, Samaritans founder, born. 1919: The first flight from England to Australia began from Hounslow with Ross and Keith Smith in a Vickers Vimy. They landed safely on December 10.
1931: Abbey Road recording studio in London opened by Sir Edward Elgar.See the full content of this document
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