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1 January – the British Empire (except Scotland, which had changed New Year's Day to 1 January in 1600) adopts today as the first day of the year as part of adoption of the Gregorian calendar, which is completed in September: today is the first day of the New Year under the terms of last year's Calendar Act. [2]
University College London (branded as UCL [8] [9] [10]) is a public research university in London, England.It is a member institution of the federal University of London, and is the second-largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrolment [11] and the largest by postgraduate enrolment.
Ovitigala Vithanage Samantha aka Samantha Vithanage (died 2002) was a third year Management student of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, who pioneered an anti-ragging campaign, and was killed on 7 November 2002 while in a discussion to stop the brutal practice of ragging in the faculty. [1]
Fisher Stadium's scoreboard in Easton, Pennsylvania following Lafayette College's victory over Lehigh University in the 142nd edition of "The Rivalry" in 2006.The series between the two colleges, which are 17 miles (27 km) away from each other in the Lehigh Valley, is the most played rivalry in college football history with 158 meetings since 1884.
Little Ireland plaque on Great Marlborough Street, Manchester. Little Ireland was a slum district of Manchester, England in the early 19th century. [1] [2] It was inhabited from about 1827 to 1847 by poor Irish immigrants, [3] and during its existence gained a reputation as the archetypal Irish district in nineteenth century industrial cities. [4]
Collyhurst is an inner city area of Manchester, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of the city centre on Rochdale Road (A664) and Oldham Road (A62), bounded by Smedley, Harpurhey and Monsall to the north, Miles Platting to the east, Ancoats to the south, and the River Irk to the west.
Partington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, ten miles (16 km) south-west of Manchester city centre. [3] Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it lies on the southern bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, opposite Cadishead on the northern bank. It has a population ...
Robert Macieski, Picturing Class: Lewis W. Hine Photographs Child Labor in New England, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 2015; Robert B. Perreault, Franco-American Life & Culture in Manchester, New Hampshire: Vivre la Différence, The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2010