Today in history

15 November 1985

The troubles :
In an attempt to bring an end to the troubles
in Northern Ireland , the Anglo - Irish agreement is signed at
Hillsborough castle by the British Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement

16 th November 1272

Longshanks :
While travelling during the ninth crusade , Prince
Edward becomes king of England upon Henry 111 of England's death
but he would not return to England for almost two years to assume
the throne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England

17 th November 1603

Give that man an oscar :
English explorer , writer and courtier , Sir Walter
Raleigh goes on trial for treason , but instead of facing the expected execution
that looked inevitable he gave such a performance at his trial that he turned
himself into a public hero


https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/sir-walter-ralegh-raleigh-elizabeth-i-james-vi-i-bye-main-plot-trial-winchester-was-he-guilty-treason-how-did-he-die-execution/

18 November 1987

 Kings Cross fire :
                         In London thirty one people die and a further
one hundred are injured in afire at the city's busiest underground
station Kings Cross , St Pancras . The fire started under a wooden escalator
serving the Piccadilly line , and erupted in a flashover into the underground
ticket office


  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Cross_fire

19 th November 1994

Your numbers up :
In the United Kingdom , the first
National lottery draw is held . A £1 ticket giving the holder
a one - in - fourteen million chance of of correctly guessing
the winning six out of forty nine numbers


https://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day/november-19-1994-first-national-lottery-draw-sees-seven-jackpot-winners-but-no-millionaires-11363944492010

20 th November 1992

 The Windsor Castle fire :
                                    A fire broke out at Windsor castle , the
largest inhabited castle in the world . The castle suffered extensive
damage and was fully repaired within the next few years at a cost
of £ 36.5 million


           
             
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Windsor_Castle_fire



 20 th November 1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Princess_Elizabeth_and_Philip_Mountbatten

                A very Royal wedding :
                                                 The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant
Philip Mountbatten , who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh , at Westminster Abbey
in London

21 st November 1974

   Birmingham pub bombings :
                                           Bombs explode in two pubs in Birmingham , killing
21 people and injuring 182 others . The Provisional I.R.A has never officially admitted
responsibility , although a former senior officer of the organisation confessed to their
involvement in 2014 . Six Irishmen ( the Birmingham six ) were arrested within hours
of the blasts and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975. After 16 years in prison their
convictions were quashed by the court of appeal in 1991.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_pub_bombings

Friday and Saturday galavant , heres 2 days history



  22 nd November 1990

 End of an era :
                      British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from
the Conservative party leadership election , confirming the end of her
Prime - ministership .


    https://www.home.bt.com/news/on-this-day/november-22-1990-margaret-thatcher-quits-as-prime-minister-after-leadership-challenge-11363945296325

23 rd November 1889


Put another coin in the juke - box baby :
The world's first
juke - box goes into operation at the Palais Royale saloon
in San Francisco


https://rnb.bloghaunt.com/category/the-first-jukebox/

24 th October 1963


Jack Ruby :
Lee Harvey Oswald , the man accused of
assassinating John F Kennedy , is killed by night club
owner , Jack Ruby


http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/24/newsid_3198000/3198106.stm

25 th November 1984

Band aid :
Thirty six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill
studio to record Band Aids " do they know its christmas ? "
in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_Aid_(band)

26 th November 1922

Tutankhamun :
Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first
people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over three thousand
years



https://www.wired.com/2007/11/nov-26-1922-mystery-only-deepens-after-king-tut-found/

27 th November 1975

Ross McWhirter :
The Provisional I . R . A assassinate guinness book of
records co-founder Ross McWhirter , after a press conference in wich
McWhirter had annnounced a reward for the capture of those responsible
for multiple bombings and shootings across England


https://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day/november-27-1975-tv-presenter-ross-mcwhirter-is-shot-dead-by-ira-after-reward-offer-11363946412832

28 th November 1919


Lady Astor :
American born lady Astor is elected as a member of
Parliament of the United Kingdom , she becomes the first woman to
sit in the house of commons ( Countess Markievicz , the first to be elected
refused to sit )



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor

29 th November 1961

Enos the chimp :
During Project Mercury , and the Mercury Atlas five mission
Enos the chimpanzee is launched into space . The spacecraft orbits the Earth
twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico , Enos becomes the first
chimpanzee to successfully travel in space


https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/On-This-Day-Enos-the-chimp-is-launched-into-11441062.php

30 th November 1872

Dawn of international football :
The first ever international football
match takes place at Hamilton Crescent , Glasgow ,between Scotland
and England . The match finishes in a 0-0 draw and is watched by
4,000 spectators


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Scotland_v_England_football_match

1 st December 1960

The Beatles in Hamburg :
Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested
and later deported , fr om Hamburg , West Germany , after accusations
of attempted arson

https://www.beatlesbible.com/1960/11/30/paul-mccartney-pete-best-deported-germany/

2 nd December 1982

Barney takes one for progress :
At the university of Utah Barney Clark
a dentist with incurable heart disease agrees and becomes the
first person to receive a permanent artificial heart . Barney lived
for a further 112 days connected to a compressor the size of a
clothes drier


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remembering-barney-clark-whose-ethically-questionable-heart-transplant-advanced-science-180961271/

3 December1992

  If only he knew what he'd started :
                                                    A test engineer for Sema group
uses his personal computer to send the worlds first text message , via
the Vodafone network , to the phone of a colleague . It read simply
" Merry Christmas " and was not abreviated or " emojied " as it
probably would be today

https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4402146/1st-text-message-to-a-mobile-phone-is-sent--December-3--1992

4 December 1872

Mary Celeste mystery :
The Crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found mysteriously
adrift and presumably abandoned , by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia . The ship
had been abandoned for nine days according to the last log book entry , yet the
ship was only superficially damaged , and was seaworthy



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste

5 th December 1952

The great smog :
A cold smog descends upon London , combining
with the air pollution and killing at least twelve thousand people in the
weeks and months that follow


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London

Skeggy early tomorrow , here's weekends


6 th December 1969

Concert at Altamont :
At concert performed by the
rolling stones , Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by
hells angels security guards


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert

7 th December 1972

The blue marble :
Apollo 17 , the last Apollo moon mission is launched
the crew take the photograph known as " the blue marble " as they leave
the earth



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble

8 th December 1980

  John Winston Lennon :
                                  Former Beatle John Lennon , is
murdered by Mark David Chapman , in front of the Dakota,
in New York City , New York


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_John_Lennon

9th December1960

Corrie :
The first episode of Coronation Street , the worlds
longest running televsion soap opera is broadcast on I T V


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Street