The day the world changed forever…for me anyway.
Also born on this day
Ethan Hawke 1970
Rebecca Romain Stamos 1972
Sally Field 1946
Dead on this day
Charles X- King of France
Aunt B- The Andy Griffith Show
And a whole lotta Royalty. Too many to list.
On this day in history
2003
Michael Howard takes over as leader of the Conservative party after Iain Duncan Smith is ousted in a no-confidence vote.
1956
Construction begins to build the Kariba High Dam on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
1956
A ceasefire is announced between Egyptian, French and British forces fighting for control of the Suez Canal.
1942
In Britain, the Church of England relaxes its rule that women must wear hats in church.
1935
In Britain, the RAF’s first monoplane fighter, the ‘Hawker Hurricane’ makes its maiden flight.
1932
In Germany, the Nazi Party led by Adolf Hitler emerges as the largest single party in the general election.
1917
World War I: the end of the Third Battle of Ypres when British and Canadian troops capture the infamous Passchendale Ridge.
1900
In the United States of America, Republican President William McKinley is re-elected – defeating the Democrat challenger, William Jennings Bryan.
1869
Diamonds are discovered at Kimberley in Cape Province, South Africa.
1860
Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln is narrowly elected 16th US President.
1813
Mexico declares its independence from Spain.
1429
Henry VI is crowned King of England. Two years later in Paris he is crowned King of France.
1949
British actor Nigel Havers.
1932
American boxing promoter Don King.
1926
Irish comedian Frank Carson.
1921
Novelist James Jones Robinson III – author of ‘From Here To Eternity’.
1892
Pioneer aviator Sir John Alcock is born in Manchester.
1814
Adolphe Sax, instrument inventor who gave his name to the saxophone, is born in Dinant, Belgium.
1893
Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, dies aged 53 after drinking unboiled water in St Petersburg during a cholera epidemic. His final and most popular work was ‘Symphony No 6, the Pathetique’.
