The Royal Family and Winston Churchill on the balcony at Buckingham Palace, VE-Day 8 May 1945.
May anniversaries
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              Bread1 May 1986
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              Top of the Form1 May 1948
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              First VHF transmitter opens at Wrotham2 May 1955
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              Horizon first transmitted2 May 1964
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              Luther4 May 2010
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              The Ascent of Man first broadcast5 May 1973
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              Wedding of Princess Margaret6 May 1960
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              VE Day broadcasts8 May 1945
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              First gardening programme9 May 1931
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              The Queen’s Hall destroyed by bombing10 May 1941
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              Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth12 May 1937
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              First episode of Bucknell's House14 May 1962
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              Broadcasting House opens15 May 1932
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              Strictly Come Dancing15 May 2004
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              The Debussy film debuts18 May 1965
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              Beatrice Harrison, cello and nightingale duet19 May 1924
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              Churchill's first broadcast as Prime Minister19 May 1940
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              Thomas Woodrooffe at the Coronation Fleet Review20 May 1937
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              Opening of Lime Grove Studios21 May 1950
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              Eurovision first broadcast24 May 1956
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              That's Life26 May 1973
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              The Goon Show28 May 1951
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              The Great War30 May 1964
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              Tumbledown31 May 1988
 
                     
                            