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... ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1819 Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria, was born in Bavaria. 1930 Actor Lon Chaney, Man of a Thousand Faces, died. 1936 The BBC transmitted the first high definition television pictures. 1940 The RAF bombed Berlin for the ...
... BIRTHDAYS Warren Mitchell, right, actor, 76; Richard Briers, actor, 68; Trevor Nunn, theatre director, 62. ON THIS DAY S 1878 Queen Victoria was given a demonstration of Alexander Graham Bell’s new invention, the telephone. - 1938 Walt Disney’s first fulllength ...
... have been held in his memory for each year group. His funeral was held at Scarborough Crematorium on Wednesday and was QUEEN Victoria would not be amused - her statue could be moved 10 yards as part of the £400,000 overhaul of St Nicholas Gardens. The ...
... IN HISTORY 1809 Dartmoor Prison was opened to house French prisoners of war. From 1850 it was used for convicts. 1819 Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace. 1974 Death of jazz musician, bandleader and composer Edward ‘Duke’ Ellington. v ...
... Mitchell, right, actor, 76; Richard Briers, actor, 68; Trevor Nunn, theatre director, 62. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1878 Queen Victoria was given a demonstration of Alexander Graham Bell’s new invention, the telephone. 1938 Walt Disney’s first fulllength ...
... by beech hedging. Cross over to see a “fountain” erecied by Scalby's parishioners to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria on June 20 1897. Just ahead is the Nag’'s Head, the oldest pub in the village. The nearby bus shelter was erected in memory ...
... Rayner, right, agony aunt, 71; John Hurt, actor, 62; Malcolm McLaren, pop entrepreneur, 55. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1901 Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, aged 81. 1924 James Ramsay MacDonald became Britain’s first Labour PM. 1927 ...
... heresy. 1536 King Henry VIII married Jane Seymour, the third of his six wives. 1842 An attempt was made on the life of Queen Victoria as she drove down Constitution Hill. Uy iy s ...
... Andy Cole, footballer, 31; Stephen Tompkinson, actor, 37, The Duchess of York, right, 43. - ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY \ 1839 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were betrothed. 1940 A 5001 b bomb hit Broadcasting House, London, killing seven people. 1987 The worst ...
... THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1861 Holidaymakers set off for Paris on the first Thomas Cook package trip. 1899 Queen Victoria laid the first stone of the Victoria and Albert Museum. 1969 Tom McClean completed the first solo transatlantic crossing in a rowing boat ...
... IN HISTORY 1491 Henry VIII, English monarch best known for his six wives and religious split from Rome, was born. 1838 Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey. 1930 Frank Whittle (later Sir) patented the jet engine. R ...
... food is Borscht? 2 Which London park is the name of a colour? 3 Who sang the theme song to Rawhide? Yesterday's answers 1 Queen Victoria by four days 2 Travel 3 Mont Blanc ...