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On this day - 2 February

Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.

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Queen Victoria's funeral

Church Times 02/02/2021

Queen Victoria died on January 22nd 1901 and her state funeral was on February 2nd 1901. She was aged 81 when she died and was succeeded by her eldest son, King Edward VII. The funeral took place at Windsor Castle and followed specific instructions that Queen Victoria had left, including that dress was to be white instead of black.

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Serum run to Nome

Daily Express 02/02/1925
The 1925 serum run to Nome occurred on February 2nd 1925. A group of sled dogs pulled a shipment of diphtheria antitoxin for five and a half days across Alaska. It was used to save the community of Nome from a developing epidemic of diphtheria.

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