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1920: Children mailed by their parents - if a child weighted under the 50lb parcel weight limit it was cheaper than other ways to travel

It happened today – this day in history – June 13

13/06/202004/06/2021 Mick Ferris Barker, Beatles, Exxon Valdez, Gestapo, history, James Earl Ray, June 13, Le Mans, McVeigh, Michael Jackson, Orange Order, Rolling Stones, Volkswagen

1525: Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and

1941: Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon. Photo: Warner Bros

It happened today – this day in history – October 3

03/10/201902/10/2019 Mick Ferris Barker, Cook, Guthrie, history, King, Madonna, Noriega, October 3, Poe, Pravda, Yeltsin

1226: Death of St Francis of Assisi. 1712: The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob