25 years ago: The £73,000 scheme to convert Shipley Hospital into a specialist unit for the elderly was due to be completed in the next two months.
50 years ago: It was the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Labour Exchange, Bradford having been one of the first 62 to open on the first day.
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1942: Desert Island Discs started on BBC Radio, presented by Roy Plomley. His first castaway was comedian Vic Oliver.
1985: Oxford University dons refused to grant Mrs Thatcher an honorary degree.
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