On this day: Great North of Scotland Railway opened

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Published 19th Sep 2013, 01:00 BST
On this day in 1991 Otzi the Iceman, the mummy of a man who lived in about 3,000 BC, was discovered by German tourists. Picture: APOn this day in 1991 Otzi the Iceman, the mummy of a man who lived in about 3,000 BC, was discovered by German tourists. Picture: AP
On this day in 1991 Otzi the Iceman, the mummy of a man who lived in about 3,000 BC, was discovered by German tourists. Picture: AP
Events, birthdays and anniversaries for 19 September

19 SEPTEMBER

1840: Auckland, New Zealand, was founded.

1854: The Great North of Scotland Railway opened, from Aberdeen to Huntly.

1893: New Zealand became the first nation to grant female citizens the right to vote.

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1898: British force under Horatio Kitchener reached Fashoda in the Sudan.

1934: Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested in New York and charged with kidnapping baby of American aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh.

1941: The Germans took Kiev in Soviet Union.

1945: William Joyce, known as “Lord Haw-Haw” for his wartime broadcasts for the Nazis, was sentenced to be hanged at the Old Bailey.

1955: Juan Peron, Argentine presidential dictator from 1946, resigned and went into exile after military revolt.

1958: Nasa was founded to co-ordinate non-military space flight and research.

1960: Chubby Checker’s The Twist – a cover of an original Hank Ballard song – entered the American charts and launched a dance craze.

1972: An Israeli diplomat was killed and another injured when letter bomb exploded at Israeli embassy in London.

1975: First of 12 episodes of BBC hotel comedy Fawlty Towers was broadcast.

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