On this day
in UK history:
28th February 2012 - Occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's Cathedral.
Friday 28 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 28th February
28th February 2012 - Occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's Cathedral.
Thursday 27 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 27th February
On this day
in UK history:
27th February 1981 - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"
Wednesday 26 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 26th February
On this day
in UK history:
26th February 1987 - The Church of England's General Synod voted by a huge majority to clear the way for the ordination of women priests.
Tuesday 25 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 25th February
On this day
in UK history:
25th February 1570 - Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V.
Monday 24 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 24th February
On this day
in UK history:
24th February 1981 - Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
Sunday 23 February 2014
On this day in UK history - 23rd February
On this day in UK history:
23rd February 1633 - Samuel Pepys was born. He was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament. He is now most famous for the diaries he kept for a decade while he was still a relatively young man and also his quotes - for example:
"Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody"
Saturday 22 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 22nd February
On this day in UK history:
22nd February 1997 - Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut and his colleagues announced that an adult sheep called Dolly had been successfully cloned. Dolly was actually born on July 5 1996 and was the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell.
Friday 21 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 21st February
On this day
in UK history:
21st February 1946 - Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was born in Hammersmith – London – England.
Here are some of the movies he
has starred in:
- Die Hard
- Truly Madly Deeply
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Sense & Sensibility
- Love Actually
- All the Harry Potter movies
Thursday 20 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 20th February
On this day in UK history:
Wednesday 19 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 19th February
On this day in UK history:
19th February 1995 - Linford Christie ran both an indoor World record 200m at 20.25 seconds and also an indoor European record 60m at 6.47 seconds in Lievin – France.
19th February 1995 - Linford Christie ran both an indoor World record 200m at 20.25 seconds and also an indoor European record 60m at 6.47 seconds in Lievin – France.
Tuesday 18 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 18th February
On this day in UK history:
18th February 1968 - David Gilmour replaced Syd
Barrett in Pink Floyd. Barrett had checked
himself into a psychiatric hospital and then gone into seclusion.
Monday 17 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 17th February
On this day in UK history:
17th February 1795 - Thomas Seddal
harvests a 8.3-kg potato from his garden in Chester – England.
Sunday 16 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 16th February
On this day in UK history:
16th February 1824 – The Athenaeum club was founded in
London.
The Athenaeum was a gentlemen’s club
(originally) when it was founded in London in 1824. It has had many well known
persons as members and today includes lady members.
The distinctive clubhouse is located at 107 Pall
Mall (at the corner of Waterloo Place) and was designed by Decimus Burton. The
club's facilities include an extensive library / a dining room known as the
Coffee Room / a Morning Room / a Drawing Room on the first floor / a newly
restored Smoking Room - where smoking is not permitted and a suite of bedrooms.
Saturday 15 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 15th February
On this day in UK history:
15th February 1971 (otherwise known as Decimal Day)
- the United Kingdom and Ireland decimalised their currencies.
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| Post-decimal money |
Pre-decimal money
Friday 14 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 14th February
On this day in UK history:
14th February 1970 - The Who taped a concert at
Leeds University in Leeds (England) - for their forthcoming album "Live at
Leeds."
Thursday 13 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 13th February
On this day in UK history:
13th February 1907 - English
suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested.
Wednesday 12 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 12th February
On this day in UK history:
12th February 1994 – One hundred people made
history by walking from France to England for the first time in millions of
years. Each person represented a charity or voluntary organisation and walked
the 31.4 miles of the Channel Tunnel. The walk took (on average) 13 hours to
complete.
Tuesday 11 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 11th February
On this day in UK history:
11th February 1976 – John Curry (figure skater)
won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics held at Innsbruck – Austria.
It
was Britain's first Olympic gold in the sport - and the UK's first medal
at the winter games for 12 years.
Monday 10 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 10th February
On this day in UK history:
10th February 1840 - Queen Victoria married
Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha.
Sunday 9 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 9th February
On this day in UK history:
9th February 2006 - Freddie Laker
British airline entrepreneur died.
Sir
Freddie Alfred Laker was a British airline entrepreneur – he founded Laker
Airways in 1966 (the company went bankrupt in 1982). Freddie Laker was a
forward-thinking businessman and was one of the first airline owners to adopt
the “no-frills” ethos that has since proven to be a very successful airline
business model globally and used by companies such as: Ryanair / easyJet /
Southwest Airlines (USA) & Virgin Australia.
Saturday 8 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 8th February
On this day in UK history:
8th February 1975 - Queen's single "Killer Queen"
was released. It was their first hit single.
Friday 7 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 7th February
On this day in UK history:
7th February 1478 – Sir Thomas More was born.
Sir Thomas More – known to Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas
More was an English lawyer / social philosopher / author / statesman and well-known
Renaissance humanist.
He was an important councillor to King Henry VIII and was
Lord Chancellor between October 1529 and May 1532. More was opposed to the
Protestant Reformation – particularly the theology of Martin Luther and William
Tyndale, burning their books and persecuting their followers.
In 1516 More’s book Utopia was published – the book was about
the political system of an ideal and imaginary island nation.
More later opposed King Henry VIII’s separation from the
Catholic Church and refused to accept him as the Supreme Head of the Church of
England because it disparaged Papal authority and Henry’s marriage to Catherine
of Aragon.
More was tried for treason and convicted on perjured
testimony and beheaded.
Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr of the split
that separated the Church of England from Rome and in 2000 Pope John Paul II declared
More the “heavenly Patron of Statesmen and politicians”. Since 1980 the Church
of England as remembered More liturgically as a Reformation martyr.
In 2002 Thomas More was placed at number 37 in the BBC’s poll
of the 100 Greatest Britains.
Thursday 6 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 6th February
On this day in UK history:
6th February 1981 - Former Beatles: Paul McCartney / Ringo Starr and George Harrison teamed up
to record a musical tribute to John Lennon. The song "All Those Years
Ago" was the result.
Wednesday 5 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 5th February
On this day in UK history:
5th February 1961 - The first issue of the "Sunday
Telegraph" was published. Check
out the following link for more information: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/sunday-telegraph-at-50/8300953/The-Sunday-Telegraph-at-50.html
Tuesday 4 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 4th February
On this day in UK history:
4th February 1915 - Sir
Norman Joseph Wisdom OBE was born. Norman was an English actor / comedian and
singer-songwriter and best known for a series of comedy films produced between
1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character Norman Pitkin.
Monday 3 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 3rd February
On this day in UK history:
3rd February 1998 - Stamps
commemorating Princess Diana went on sale in Britain
Sunday 2 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 2nd February
On this day in UK history:
2nd February 1709 - British sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued after being
marooned on a desert island for 5 years - his story went on to inspire the
book: "Robinson Crusoe".
Saturday 1 February 2014
On this day in UK history – 1st February
On this day in UK history:
1st February 1930 - The Times published its first crossword puzzle.
On this day in UK history – 31st January
On this day in UK history:
31st January 1983 - The wearing of seat belts in cars became
compulsory in Britain.
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