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1581 English navigator Francis Drake returned home after sailing around the world and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth 1.
1827 John Walker, a chemist from Stockton, sold the world's first box of matches. They were known as Lucifers and sold in packs of 100.See the full content of this document
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1911 The birch was abolished at...
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