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In the United Kingdom and other countries within the Commonwealth, a two-minute silence is observed as part of Remembrance Day to remember those who died in conflict. Held each year at 11:00 am on 11 November, the silence coincides with the time in 1918 at which the First World War came to an end with the cessation of hostilities, and is generally observed at war memorials and in public places ...
A moment of silence observed by people wearing the traditional folk costumes of the Gail Valley in Austria Naples, Italy (July 14, 2005) – Navy Chaplain Dave McBeth, left, leads an informal gathering of personnel aboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples during a Europe-wide coordinated two-minute moment of silence held throughout the European Union in relation to the 2005 London Bombings.
The original slow-scan television signal from the Apollo TV camera, photographed at Honeysuckle Creek on July 21, 1969. The Apollo 11 missing tapes were those that were recorded from Apollo 11's slow-scan television (SSTV) telecast in its raw format on telemetry data tape at the time of the first Moon landing in 1969 and subsequently lost.
A two-minute silence has been observed across the nation to mark Armistice Day. The country fell silent at 11am on the anniversary of the end of the First World War to remember those who have died ...
Big Ben will be struck 11 times at 11am to mark the start of the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday. Over the past five years the Elizabeth Tower, and the clockwork and bell mechanism within ...
Police put the number of pro-Palestine protesters in London at 300,000 while organisers claimed more than 500,000 had taken part, writes Tom Watling
The first two-minute silence held in London (11 November 1919) was reported in The Manchester Guardian on 12 November 1919: The first stroke of eleven produced a magical effect. The tram cars glided into stillness, motors ceased to cough and fume, and stopped dead, and the mighty-limbed dray horses hunched back upon their loads and stopped also ...
The Silent Minute was an historic movement begun in the United Kingdom by Major Wellesley Tudor Pole O.B.E. in 1940. It continues today as a London -based charity following its revival by Dorothy Forster.