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1996 British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order
1995 British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record) 1990 500 pound Hershey Kiss is displayed in Times Square 1983 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom 1972 Kurupt, rapper, Tha Dogg Pound 1972 Ezra Loomis Pound, U.S. poet (Throne), dies at 87 1972 Ezra Pound, American Poet 1949 1st Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Ezra Pound 1948 Israeli pound becomes legal tender 1943 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies 1939 German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard 1939 Ali MacGraw, born in Pound Ridge, New York, actress, Love Story, Goodbye Columbus 1935 Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos" 1931 Britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20% 1885 Ezra Pound, American Poet 1877 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II 1862 Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles 1801 Elisha Brown, Jr. pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm 1793 Bank of England hands out 1st 5 pound note |
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