Today in History

[Furryanimal]

October 10th


October 10th, 1831Angry at the defeat of the Second Reform Bill a crowd burnt down Nottingham Castle, England, home of the Duke of Newcastle, who had opposed the bill in parliament.




1881 The Savoy Theatre, the first public building to be lit by electricity, opened with a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Patience'.



October 10th, 1903Emmeline Pankhurst
founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.


And on this day in 1957 Paul Anka was still at Number One with Diana.
You can work out why I looked that up!

 

[Pam]

10th October

1969 The British Government accepted the recommendations of the Hunt committee on policing in Northern Ireland which include the abolition of the Ulster Special Constabulary, know as the 'B Specials'. The Home Secretary, Jim Callaghan, ordered a commission, headed by Lord Hunt, in response to the summer's violence in the Bogside area of Londonderry.

1957 A major radiation leak was detected at the Windscale (now known as Sellafield) nuclear plant in Cumbria after an accident three days earlier. Milk from about 500 square km. of nearby countryside was diluted and destroyed for about a month. Windscale Piles: Cockcroft's Follies avoided nuclear disaster

1970 Canadian minister seized by gunmen. Quebec's Labour and Immigration Minister, Pierre Laporte, was kidnapped. He was seized from his home in Montreal by two men armed with machine guns.

1980 The Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made a defiant speech to Conservatives at the party conference in Brighton. Responding to recent expectations of an about-turn on counter-inflationary policies, Mrs Thatcher declared to widespread cheers: "To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning!"