This Day in History 2 - 8 December

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• 2 December 1966 - The mini skirt is banned from the Houses of Parliament.


• 3 December 1930 - French Director Jean Luc Godard born.


• 4 December 1791 - The world's first Sunday newspaper, The Observer, is published.


• 5 December 1952 - The Great Smog (London) begins and lasts for 4 days - estimates of up to 12000 die as a result.


• 6 December 1963 - Christine Keeler is jailed for 9 months for perjury related to a trial involving a boyfriend Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon


• 7 December 1783 - Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London.


• 8 December 1967 - The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in the UK.
  

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