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Feb 1775
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1952
Identity cards, introduced at a wartime security measure, were abolished in Britain
February 21, 1952
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1842
Intercity railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh opened by Queen Victoria
February 21, 1842
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1822
Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, born
February 21, 1822
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1804
Richard Trevithick Cornish inventor and engineer demonstrated the first steam driven, died.
February 21, 1804
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1803
Edward Despard, Irish republican, executed for attempted overthrow of British Crown
February 21, 1803