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1989 TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons

1978 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies

1975 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time

1969 British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty

1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang

1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons

1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies

1963 British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair

1952 Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies

1950 Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath

1948 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry

1945 Michael Martin, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, Speaker of the House of Commons

1941 England's House of Commons and Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz

1941 British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)

1931 British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday

1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule

1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law

1913 British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote

1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland

1911 British house of commons accept Parliament Bill

1764 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women"

1679 English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill

1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59

1629 English king Charles I leaces house of commons

1610 King James I addresses English House of Commons


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