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Summary:June 4, 1913 and one of the most famous horse races in the world, the Derby, was being run at Epsom. But halfway through, a woman named Emily Davidson, a Suffragette leader, ran onto the course and threw herself in front of Anmer, the horse owned by King George V, and was killed.
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Location:UK ENGLAND EPSOM
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