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Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
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Harry Hands
British colonial official in South Africa (1912–13, 1915–18)
Sir Harry Hands was a British colonial politician, who served from 1915 to 1918 as mayor of Cape Town, South Africa. He is credited with instituting the first practice in the world of an official two-minute silence to honour loss of life in conflict, following the death of his…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Two-minute silence
Event held to remember those who died in conflict
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)