November 2 – 32 years since Deputy PM Sir Geoffrey Howe resigned

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Howe was the fifth member of Thatcher’s Cabinet to quit in a year and the last remaining member of her original 1979 government. We claimed his shock resignation was a “devastating blow”.

105 years ago (1917) The Balfour Declaration set out British support for the formation of a Jewish state in Palestine. The statement was made in a letter from Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Jewish leader Lord Walter Rothschild.

The document is often cited as one of the main reasons for the Israel/Palestine conflict because it failed to protect the rights of Palestinian Arabs.

63 years ago (1959) The first section of the M1 motorway opened linking Watford and Rugby, between junctions five and 18.

As Britain’s first motorway, the early M1 had no speed limits, no central reservation or crash barriers and no street lights.

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