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No News Today

On April 18, 1930, during what should have been a 6:30 pm radio news bulletin a BBC presenter announced "Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news." It had been apparently judged that nothing newsworthy had happened. Piano music was then played instead of the current affairs update for a couple of minutes, before normal scheduling resumed.

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