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Japanese resistance stiffened in the Balik Papan area of Borneo after Australian troops had driven 2,500 yards inland from their three-mile beachhead.
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Japanese resistance stiffened in the Balik Papan area of Borneo after Australian troops had driven 2,500 yards inland from their three-mile beachhead.
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1945Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2018)[โ ]
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005 and for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000, remaining in the office for nine years until his involuntary resignation in 2009.