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30 years ago . . .
On 1 January 1992, Jocelyn Barrow became the first black woman to be made a dame (DBE) in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. This award was for her work for the BBC.
50 years ago . . .
On 4 January 1972, Rose Heilbron became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court (known as the ‘Old Bailey’) in London.
75 years ago . . .
On 8 January 1947, the musician David Bowie was born. His first hit in the UK was ‘Space Oddity’ in 1969. The BBC played it while showing film footage of men landing on the moon.
