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Anniversaries

Sunday 27 December 1992 00:02 GMT
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27 December, 1831: Charles Darwin sets out on his five-year voyage on HMS Beagle.

1927: Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party.

1945: International Monetary Fund is established.

1975: Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts come into force.

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