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2008 In England
Events from 2008 in England Incumbent Events January * 7 January – ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' and MS ''Queen Victoria'' leave Southampton for last and first world cruises respectively. * 12 January – The city of Liverpool officially becomes European Capital of Culture for 2008, a title it will share with Stavanger, Norway. *18 January – Last working of Tower Colliery, the last deep mine in the South Wales Valleys (official closure: 25 January). February * 6 February – The England National Football team defeat Switzerland 2–0 in Fabio Capello's first game as manager at Wembley Stadium in London. * 19 February – Shannon Matthews, 9 years old, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, goes missing. * 21 February – A jury at Ipswich Crown Court finds Steve Wright, 49, guilty of murdering five prostitutes in a spree during late 2006. * 22 February ** Steve Wright is sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released. ** Mark Dixie, 37, is found g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
