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5 August 1976: Big Ben breaks down for the first time in 117 years

The Great Westminster Clock, AKA Big Ben, ran smoothly for over 100 years until, on this day in 1976, metal fatigue took its toll and the clock broke down.

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by: Ben Judge
5 Aug 2020
Robin Cooke, chair of administration at the House of Commons, holding broken parts of the clock © Central Press/Getty Images

Robin Cooke, chair of administration at the House of Commons, holding broken parts of the clock

© Central Press/Getty Images

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