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Beatles Break Up What broke up the Beatles was Paul's public announcement on April 10th, 1970, that the Beatles would never work together again. Ringo told NME in March of 1970, "Everything's fine. I've got things to do and George has got things to do and Paul has his solo album and John has his peace thing. We can't do everything at once." |
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1971: D-Day delivers new UK currency The British Government has launched a new decimal currency across the country. The familiar pound, shilling (s) and pence (d) coins are to be phased out over the next 18 months in favour of a system dividing the pound into units of ten, including half, one, two, five, ten and 50 pence denominations. |
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Microsoft Founded Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft was founded after the introduction of the first personal computer. |
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Elvis Found Dead On August 16, 1977, Presley was found dead in Graceland. |
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Star Wars Movie Released This first Star Wars movie is one of the most successful films of all time. It was set far in the past, and tells the story of a plot against the Galactic Empire by a group of freedom fighters known as the Rebel Alliance. |
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Sony Introduces the Walkman The world took a big step towards the iPod generation when Sony introduced the Walkman in 1979. The device was not particularly advanced - portable tape recorders had existed for decades - but it was an advance in marketing. The Walkman was promoted to ordinary consumers. It was a music player first and foremost; it had no record function. |
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