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On 1 November 1848, the first WH Smith bookstall opened at Euston station. In 1792 Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna had opened a small newsvendor in Little Grosvenor Street, Henry died soon after and Anna went into partnership with Zaccheus Coates. When Anna died the business transferred to her two sons, one being William Henry Smith and taking advantage of ‘railway mania’ the Euston outlet opened. On 1 November 1604 Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was performed for the first time by the King’s Men Company at Whitehall Palace On 1 November 1959 the M1 Britain’s first motorway opened from London to the North its 70 limit imposed after an AC Cobra was clocked at 196 The sarsen that stands outside the Guildhall in Kingston is known as the Coronation Stone, 7 Saxon kings are said to have been crowned there The only former Prime Minister to die in 10 Downing Street was Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman saying: “This is not the end of me” – it was! During Tony Blair’s tenure, 37 computers, 4…