Word: 450th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week was a blaze of flags; trumpets sounded in the sun-drenched parks, and fireworks sprayed the night sky. Many a tourist assumed that the celebrations had something to do with the Big Four conference. But, at least to Genevans, this was something just as important: it was the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, in Picardy, and the 400th of Geneva University, which he founded...
...Lord Mayor's 450th annual banquet in London, Winston Churchill-so recently and so irresponsibly denounced by Laborites as a warmonger-last week pleaded for peace. It was one of his most eloquent speeches in years. His eyes rested on the empty space in the 15th Century Guildhall where twin statues of Gog and Magog* stood glaring at each other until German bombs destroyed them in December 1940. Then, in resonant tones, Winston Churchill spoke...