http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/onthisday/ Your Local Guardian /news/onthisday/ en-gb Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:39:08 +0000 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:39:08 +0000 http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/onthisday/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/resources/images/1000748/?type=rsslogo http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/onthisday/ http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/onthisday/2327740.On_This_Day___/r/?ref=rss 10th June 1752 - Benjamin Franklin conducts his famous lightning experiment during a thunderstorm.

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