Today in History

Feb 28th
1784
John Wesley charters Methodist Church
1827
Baltimore&Ohio Railroad became 1st railroad incorporated for commerical transportation for people&freight
1984
Michael Jackson wins a record 8 Grammys for his album'Thriller'
 
Feb 29th
1860
The 1st electric tabulating machine was invented by Herman Hollerith
1940
Hattie McDonald wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in 'Gone With The Wind' She was first African American woman to win
1968
The Beatles'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band' wins Grammy for album of the year.The 1st rock LP to do so
 

2nd March


Today in 1882...Queen Victoria survives an eighth assassination attempt. As she leaves Windsor Railway Station in her carriage, her assailant's shot is deflected by two schoolboys from Eton College who having spotted the gunman, set about him with their umbrellas. Roderick Maclean is later tried for high treason and found 'Guilty but Insane'.
 
1867
U.S. Congress establishes Dept of Education
1977
actress,Bette Davis becomes 1st woman to receive American Film Institute's Life time Achievement Award
2002
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins
 
3rd March


On 3rd March 1943, an air-raid warning sounded and locals raced for cover at Bethnal Green tube station. Confusion and panic conspired to trap hundreds on the staircase entrance. In the crush that ensued, 173 were killed including 62 children with over 60 injured.

1991
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The Queen needed three stitches in her hand after intervening in a corgi fight. 🐶

2018 The death of Sir Roger Bannister (aged 88), the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes, a feat he achieved at the Iffley Road Sports Ground, Oxford on 6th May 1954, in a time of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.
 
4th March

Today in 1681 – King Charles II grants a Royal Charter to William Penn, a Quaker and real estate entrepreneur, entitling him to establish a colony in North America (Pennsylvania).
 
6th March

Born today in 1806...Elizabeth Barrett Browning. A gifted and successful poet, from the age of 15 she suffered constant debilitating ill health. She managed to escape her tyrannical father by eloping with fellow poet Robert Browning to Italy where she died in 1861. One of her most famous works is from her 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' and starts,
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..."

1997 A £650,000 Picasso was stolen from a London art gallery. The thief escaped in a taxi.

1998 First time the British Union Flag is flown over Buckingham Palace (following the controversy after Princess Dian's death; formerly the only flag flown was the Sovereign's standard indicating the monarch's presence.)
 
7th March

1530 King Henry VIII declared himself head of the Church of England and not the Pope. This signalled the beginning of the end of the Catholic Church being the religion of England.

1671
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The birth of Robert Roy MacGregor, usually known simply as Rob Roy, the famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century. He died on 28th December 1734 and is buried in Balquhidder churchyard - Stirling.

1876
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The Scottish-born inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, patented the telephone.
 
Today in 1702...Queen Anne succeeds to the throne on the death of her brother-in-law and cousin, William III, who had deposed her father James II in the Glorious Revolution. William died of complications after falling from his horse when it stumbled on a molehill. For many years afterwards, his Jacobite enemies would raise their glasses and toast “the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat” (the mole).
 
Pam said:
Today in 1702...Queen Anne succeeds to the throne on the death of her brother-in-law and cousin, William III, who had deposed her father James II in the Glorious Revolution. William died of complications after falling from his horse when it stumbled on a molehill. For many years afterwards, his Jacobite enemies would raise their glasses and toast “the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat” (the mole).
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Perhaps, this gave birth to the saying....'Making a mountain out of a molehill' .......forgive me, Pam, I do try.....honest..... 😊
 
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9th March

1566 - the murder of David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.
Rizzio was stabbed 56 times by Protestant rebels in front of the queen who was seven months pregnant. The rebels were led by Mary's jealous husband, Lord Darnley.

1822 - Charles M. Graham received the first patent for artificial teeth

1891 Four days of storms began off England’s south coast, sinking 14 ships.
 
10th March

1850 The birth of Spencer Gore, tennis player and cricketer for Surrey. He won the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877.

1914 Suffragette Mary Richardson slashed Velazquez's painting - 'Rokeby Venus' at London's National Gallery with a meat cleaver as a protest against the Government's treatment of Emmeline Pankhurst.

1964 Prince Edward, youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II was born.
 
March 11th
1779
The U.S.Army Corp of Engineers is established
1968
Otis Redding is the 1st person to receive posthmously a gold record for his single'Sitting on The Dock of The Bay'
2011
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 80miles east of Sendai,Japan causing a tsumani which kills thousands.It causes the 2nd worst nuclear accident in history at the Fukushima nuclear plant
 

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