On this day on 2nd June

On this day in 1840 novelist Thomas Hardy is born.

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Thomas Hardy (1890)
Thomas Hardy (1890)

On this day in 1855 Caroline Norton writes a letter to Queen Victoria about women's rights. (9)

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Caroline Norton by George Hayter (1832)
Caroline Norton by George Hayter (1832)

On this day in 1888 Alfred Harmsworth publishes the first edition of Answers to Correspondent

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Answers to Correspondent (20th June, 1895)
Answers to Correspondent (20th June, 1895)

On this day in 1915 Emma Goldman writes to Anna Strunsky about the First World War. (5)

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Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman

On this day in 1916 Captain Alexander Stewart writes in his diary about trench rats.

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Soldiers on the Western Front (c. 1916)
Soldiers on the Western Front (c. 1916)

On this day in 1940 Winston Churchill appeals to the newspaper editors not to present Dunkirk as a major defeat.

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David Low & Adolf Hitler
David Low, All Behind You, Winston (14th May, 1940) People featured include:
Clement Attlee, Ernest Bevin, Herbert Morrison, Leo Amery, Neville Chamberlain,
Arthur Greenwood, Lord Halifax, Duff Cooper and Anthony Eden.

On this day in 1945 Freda Kirchwey defends the Nation reporting of the Soviet Union. (17)

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Freda Kirchwey
Freda Kirchwey

On this day in 1962 Vita Sackville-West died.

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Vita Sackville-West
Vita Sackville-West