The Judd School is a voluntary aided grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent. It was established in 1888 at Stafford House on East Street in Tonbridge, by the Worshipful Company of Skinners. There are 935 students in the school aged 11 to 18; the lower school is all boys, but of over 300 students aged 16–18 in the sixth form, up to 60 are girls. Judd pupils generally take ten General Certificate of Secondary Education tests in Year Eleven, and they have a choice of four or five A-levels in the sixth form. An Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills inspection in 2007 graded The Judd School as "outstanding", and in 2009, The Sunday Times newspaper ranked The Judd School as the 27th best state secondary school in the country. The Judd School is a music and English and science and mathematics specialist school.

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1773:

The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, was formed in Poland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_of_National_Education

1888:

French inventor Louis Le Prince filmed Roundhay Garden Scene, the earliest surviving motion picture, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_Garden_Scene

1926:

The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was first published. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh

1939:

World War II: The German submarine U-47 torpedoed and sunk the British Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak while the latter was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_%2808%29

1947:

Flying at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13.7 km) in an experimental Bell X-1 rocket-powered aircraft, American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager

1953:

Israeli military commander Ariel Sharon and his Unit 101 special forces attacked the village of Qibya on the West Bank, destroying 45 buildings, killing 42 villagers, and wounding 15 others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qibya_massacre

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