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It all happened here on the streets of Doncaster, to the people of Donny, these are the historic events that happened here once upon a time in our history:

13th September 1949	International Harvester's 1st tractor - a Farmall M, first rolled out of production.»
14th September 1914	Bentley's The Coliseum, a cinema, theatre and club opened.
14th September 1847	Pioneering Sprotborough doctor Dr Richard Storrs passed away from a virus.»
15th September 1975	Doncaster Rovers winger Chris Balderstone scored 51 not out for Leicestershire against Derbyshire and then played at Belle Vue against Brentford that night.
15th September 1975	Doncaster Rovers defender scores his memorable rocket goal hit so hard it got stuck in the stancheon of the goal.
15th September 1954	Prodigious Rovers striker Alick Jeffrey made his Rovers debut at the age of just 15 years 229 days.»
16th September 1888	Walter Owen Bentley, Doncaster train engineer and founder of Bentley Motors, was born in Bristol.»
18th September 2004	Mayor Martin Winter announces closure of the Earth Centre.
19th September 1959	The Grand Theatre's short stint as a cinema was ended.

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