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.
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