Special Days Every Month
Celebrate and learn about special days
every day of the year in 2012!
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Zebra Crossing
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Zebra crossings were introduced in Britain on 4 April 1949. James Callaghan, then parliamentary secretary to the ministry of transport, came up with ‘zebra’ as a name for the crossing which it was thought would be easily understood and remembered, particularly by vulnerable groups such as The flashing beacons were added in 1953. The world's most famous zebra crossing is the one featured on the Beatles' Abbey Road album in North London. 
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