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The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

Historical image related to The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time. from September 18, 1879

Blackpool Illuminations

Annual lights festival in Blackpool, Lancashire, England

Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. Also known locally as The Lights or The Illuminations, they run each…
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September 18

Day of the year

September 18 is the 261st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 104 days remain until the end of the year.
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