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14th October
The Start of Sukkot
World Standards Day
1066 Battle of Hastings: William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who is killed in the battle
1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
1913 – Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners
1926 A. A. Milne's book "Winnie the Pooh" published
1939 German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed at Scapa Flow.
1944 – World War II: Linked to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is forced to commit suicide.
1964 Martin Luther King Jr. announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
1964 Mary Rand of Great Britain leaps a world record 6.76m to win the women's long jump gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
Born Today ;-
1633 – James II of England
1873 Jules Rimet
1890 – Dwight D. Eisenhower
1882 Éamon de Valera
1927 – Roger Moore
1939 Ralph Lauren
1940 – Cliff Richard
1940 Christopher Timothy
1945 – Lesley Joseph
1960 Steve Cram
1965 – Steve Coogan
Died Today [-
1066 – Harold Godwinson, King Harold II
1066 – Leofwine Godwinson, brother of Harold II
1066 – Gyrth Godwinson brother of Harold II
1944 – Erwin Rommel
1959 – Errol Flynn
1977 Bing Crosby
1990 – Leonard Bernstein
1997 – Harold Robbins
2010 – Simon MacCorkindale
2016 Jean Alexander
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I read this thread every day, so very interesting, keep it going.
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Originally Posted by Chris R
I read this thread every day, so very interesting, keep it going.
Ta, just wish there was a tool to 'exclude everything American' because today is also;-
Be Bald and Be Free Day
Columbus Day
Indigenous Peoples' Day
National Chocolate-Covered Insect Day
National Dessert Day
National FRUMP Day
National Kick-Butt Day
national lowercase day
National Online Banking Day
Native American Day
and is the birthday of hundreds unknown Baseball, American Footballers and Golfers.
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Please continue the thread, wonder how many others read it?
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15th October
Global Handwashing Day
Global Wave Of Light
International Day of Rural Women
1066 – Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England, but is never crowned
1783 – The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent
1793 – Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile
1866 Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses
1913 Train crash in Liverpool,St James Station, 5 dead over 60 injured
1940 Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed
1940 London's Waterloo Station bombed by German luftwaffe
1941 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe
1941 Hideki Tojo appointed Prime Minister of Imperial Japan
1956 – FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
1987 Hurricane on the Way? Don't Worry says Michael Fish
The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
1993 Nelson Mandela and South African President F. W. de Klerk awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Born Today ;-
70 BC Virgil
1880 - Marie C. C. Stopes
1881 – P. G. Wodehouse
1948 – Chris de Burgh
1951 – Roscoe Tanner
1969 – Dominic West
1989 – Anthony Joshua
Died Today [-
1917 Mata Hari
1945 – Pierre Laval, The former premier of Vichy France, is executed for treason.
1946 Hermann Goering
1964 Cole Porter
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16th October
Global Cat Day
Global Dignity Day
World Food Day
World Spine Day
World Anaesthesia Day
1813 Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria and Russia
1834 Much of the Palace of Westminster (parliament) in London is burnt down
1846 – William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.
1847 Charlotte Brontë's book "Jane Eyre" published
1919 – Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party
1923 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded
1943 Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz
1953 Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years
1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election
1968 Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium
1984 Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican Archbishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize
1995 – The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
Born Today ;-
1430 – James II of Scotland
1854 Oscar Wilde
1886 – David Ben-Gurion
1922 – Max Bygraves
1923 – Bill McLaren
1925 Angela Lansbury
1967 – Davina McCall
Died Today ;-
1793 Marie Antoinette
1946 – Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Hans Frank, German lawyer, politician and war criminal (b. 1900)
Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior (b. 1877)
Alfred Jodl, German general (b. 1890)
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer (b. 1903)
Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (b. 1882)
Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian architect and politician (b. 1893)
Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician (b. 1894)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian lawyer and politician, 16th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
Julius Streicher, German journalist and politician (b. 1887)
Joachim von Ribbentrop, German lieutenant and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany (b. 1893)1956 Jules Rimet
1956 Jules Rimet
1983 George Liberace
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17th October
World Trauma Day
International Credit Union Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
International ShakeOut Day
1610 – French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
1651 Bonnie Prince Charlie flees from England
1660 Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered, another is hanged.
1662 Charles II of Great Britain sells Dunkirk to France for 2.5 million livres (320,000 English pounds)
1814 A Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine.
1860 1st British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins inaugural event by 2 strokes from fellow Scot Tom Morris Sr
1888 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)
1907 Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland
1917 1st British bombing of Germany
1931 – Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
1933 Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany
1943 Burma railway completed, built by Allied POWs and Asian labourers
1945 Col. Juan Peron staged a coup, becoming absolute ruler of Argentina.
1956 England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens at Calder Hall, Sellafield
1972 Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling," is #1
1972 The Ulster Defence Association open fire on the British Army in several areas of Belfast
1975 UN passes resolution saying "Zionism is a form of racism"
1979 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1989 An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck northern California, killing 67 people and causing $7 billion worth of damage.
2000 Train crash at Hatfield, leads to collapse of Railtrack, 4 died.
Born today ;-
1918 – Rita Hayworth
1925 – Harry Carpenter
1938 – Evel Knievel
1940 – Peter Stringfellow
1972 Eminem
1978 – Chuka Umunna
1974 Matthew Macfaden
Died today ;-
1849 Frederic Chopin
1998 – Joan Hickson
2015 – Howard Kendall
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1979 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded Nobel Peace Prize
She well deserved it
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18th October
Anti Slavery Day
Epilepsy Action National Tea and Cake Break
Wear it Pink 2019
World Menopause Day
World Student Day
1867 Alaska Purchase: US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia, having paid $7.2 million
1878 Edison makes electricity available for household use
1922 British Broadcasting Company (BBC) founded, later called British Broadcasting Corporation
1963 Lord Home becomes Conservative Party Leader & PM
2016 US White Houses says it is "confident" Russia behind recent email hacking and attemps to influence US election
Born Today ;-
1919 – Pierre Trudeau
1926 – Chuck Berry
1927 George C. Scott
1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald
1956 – Martina Navratilova
1974 – Robbie Savage
1978 – Mike Tindall
Died Today ;-
1541 Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland
1871 Charles Babbage
1931 Thomas Edison
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19th October
International Gin and Tonic Day
International Independent Video Store Day
International Repair Day
World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
1216 King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry
1781 British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown ; US Revolutionary War ends
1812 Napoleon's forces begin their retreat from Moscow
1901 Edward Elgar's "Pomp & Circumstance March" premieres in Liverpool
1914 – First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins
1926 Russian Politburo throws out Leon Trotsky and his followers
1932 British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union
1943 Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University
1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points
In London the value of quoted shares fell by £50bn as the FT 30-share index dived 183.7 points to 1629.2.
The FTSE index also crashed more than 300 points with a loss of £63bn.
Born Today ;-
1909 Robert Beatty
1931 John le Carré,
1940 – Michael Gambon
1954 – Sam Allardyce
1968 Sinitta
Died today ;-
1216 – John, King of England
1745 Jonathan Swift
1987 – Jacqueline du Pré
1992 – Magnus Pyke
2014 Lynda Bellingham
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20th October
International Chefs Day
International Sloth Day
The International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
World Osteoporosis Day
World Toy Camera Day
World Statistics Day
1714 Georg Ludwig von Hannover crowned as Britain's King George I
1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th paralle
1822 1st edition of London Sunday Times
1910 The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched
1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2) 12/10/2019 Eliud Kipchoge sets new record (1:59:40)
1935 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
1935 Anti-fascist People's Front forms in Brussels
1955 Publication of "The Return of the King", the 3rd and final volume of "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien
1963 South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela & 8 others on conspiracy
1964 Ann Packer of Great Britain runs a world record 2:01.1 to win the women's 800m gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death
2011 – Libyan Civil War: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte
Born Today ;-
1632 - Sir Christopher Wren
1882 – Bela Lugosi
1904 – Anna Neagle
1940 – Kathy Kirby
1961 – Ian Rush
Died today ;-
1842 Grace Darling
1964 Herbert Hoover
1968 – Bud Flanagan
1970 Patrick Wymark
1989 – Anthony Quayle (Southport born)
1994 – Burt Lancaster
2011 – Muammar Gaddafi
2011 – Mutassim Gaddafi (son)
2015 – Michael Meacher
October 20 Prince of Wales Gallops Out of Horseracing After Scandal
https://www.onthisday.com/articles/p...0aa9-113104501
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Originally Posted by Alikado
International Chefs Day
International Sloth Day
The International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
World Osteoporosis Day
World Toy Camera Day
World Statistics Day
1714 Georg Ludwig von Hannover crowned as Britain's King George I
1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th paralle
1822 1st edition of London Sunday Times
1910 The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched
1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2) 12/10/2019 Eliud Kipchoge sets new record (1:59:40)
1935 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
1935 Anti-fascist People's Front forms in Brussels
1955 Publication of "The Return of the King", the 3rd and final volume of "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien
1963 South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela & 8 others on conspiracy
1964 Ann Packer of Great Britain runs a world record 2:01.1 to win the women's 800m gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death
2011 – Libyan Civil War: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte
Born Today ;-
1632 - Sir Christopher Wren
1882 – Bela Lugosi
1904 – Anna Neagle
1940 – Kathy Kirby
1961 – Ian Rush
Died today ;-
1842 Grace Darling
1964 Herbert Hoover
1968 – Bud Flanagan
1970 Patrick Wymark
1989 – Anthony Quayle (Southport born)
1994 – Burt Lancaster
2011 – Muammar Gaddafi
2011 – Mutassim Gaddafi (son)
2015 – Michael Meacher
October 20 Prince of Wales Gallops Out of Horseracing After Scandal
https://www.onthisday.com/articles/p...0aa9-113104501
This is by far the most informative post we have ever had , Brilliant. Keep it going , and thank you .
REST IN PEACE THE 96.
Y.N.W.A.
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Originally Posted by grassroots
This is by far the most informative post we have ever had , Brilliant. Keep it going , and thank you .
As interesting even, as Alikado's 2 or 3 dozen other posts on the thread.
Just be yourself, no one else is better qualified!!
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Trafalgar Day
Apple Day
International Adjust your Chair Day
International Day of the Nacho
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
1824 – Portland cement is patented.
1854 Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War
1879 – Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
1917 -American soldiers first saw action in World War I
1944 World War II: US troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
1945 Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time
1948 UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons
1958 1st women in British House of Lords
1966 116 children and 28 adults died as a coal waste heap slid and engulfed a school in Aberfan, South Wales
Born today
1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize
1926 – Leonard Rossiter
1940 – Geoffrey Boycott,
1944 – Mandy Rice-Davies
1949 Benjamin Netanyahu
1953 – Peter Mandelson
1980 – Kim Kardashian
Died today ;-
1422 Charles VI, King of France
1805 Admiral Horatio Nelson
1973 Sir Alan Cobham Aviation Pioneer / Test Pilot / Cobhams Flying Circus / In Flight Refueling
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22nd October
INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY
International Stuttering Awareness Day
André-Jacques Garnerin took to the sky in a hydrogen balloon, cutting himself adrift performed the first ‘parachute’ descent.
1877 The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. Those widows and orphans who were unable to support themselves were evicted by the mine owners and likely sent to the Poor House.
1878 The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton. (elsewhere claims Bramall Lane)
1884 – The Royal Observatory in Britain is adopted as the prime meridian of longitude.
1897 World's first car dealer opens in London
1910 – Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
1943 – World War II: in the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
1957 – Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam
1962 Cuban missile crisis: US President John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba and imposes a naval blockade on Cuba, beginning the missile crisis
1964 French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
1966 - Double Agent George Blake escapes from Wormwood Scrubs.Born today ;-
1811 – Franz Liszt
1844 – Sarah Bernhardt
1917 Joan Fontaine
1923 – Bert Trautmann
1929 Lev Yashin
1938 – Derek Jacobi
1939 – George Cohen
1949 – Arsène Wenger
1967 – Oona King, Baroness King of Bow
Died Today ;-
1906 Paul Cézanne
1995 – Kingsley Amis
1998 – Eric Ambler
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