Today in history

22nd October 1910

               Doctor Crippen :
                                       Hawley Harvey Crippen an American
ear and eye specialist becomes the first felon to be arrested and
convicted with the help of wireless telegraphy and is convicted of poisoning
his wife



             

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

23 rd October 1707

Parliament :
Following a merger of the Kingdom of England
and the kingdom of Scotland , the first Parliament of Great Britain convenes


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

24 th October 2008

Bloody Friday :
During the stock market crash of 2007 / 2008 , many
of the worlds stock exchanges experienced their worst decline in their history ,
with drops of around 10 % in most indices . The day was dubbed "bloody
Friday "



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_crash#Bloody_Friday

25 th October 1854 :
Crimean war :
During the Crimean war , the battle
of Balaclava takes place it is soon immortalised in verse by Lord Tennison
as " the charge of the light brigade "


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

October 26 th 1999

House of Lords act 1999 :
Britain's house of Lords , votes to end
the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britains upper chamber of
Parliament . The act was given royal assent on November 11 th


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords_Act_1999

27 th October 939
 The king is dead long live the king :
                                                    Aethelstan , regarded as the first
king of England dies , and is succeeded by his half brother Edmund 1


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelstan

28 th October 1956

  The king is jabbed :
                              To increase awareness and to encourage more people
to receive more protection against polio , teen idol Elvis Presley is given his
polio vaccination live on American television

                  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/24/elvis-presley-polio-vaccine-world-immunisation-week

29 th October 1618


Raleigh loses his head :
English adventurer , writer , and courtier
Sir Walter Raleigh is be - headed for allegedly conspiring against
James 1 of England


https://www.history.com/news/sir-walter-raleigh-execution-reasons

30 th October 1993

The troubles , the Greysteel massacre :
Loyalists carry out
a mass shooting in at a halloween party in Gretsteel , Londonderry , Northern
Ireland , killing six catholics and two protestants


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

31 st October 2011

That's a lot of folk :
The global population of humans reaches seven
billion . This day is now recognised by the United Nations as
( the day of seven billion )


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

Blackpool weekend this weekend so ill do weekends now
never sure of wi - fi in Blackpool


1 November 1512

Sistine chapel ceiling :
The ceiling of the Sistine chapel ,
painted by Michelangelo , is exhibited to the public for the first time


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

2 nd November 1959


The day motor car travel changed forever :
The first section of the M1 motorway
the first inter - urban motorway in the United Kingdom , between the present junctions
five and eighteen ,along with the M10 motorway and the M 45 motorway


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/04/opening-of-the-m1-motorway-archive-1959

3 rd November 1957

Sputnik 2 :
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 , on board
is the first animal to enter orbit , a dog named Laika


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_2

4 th November 1922    
                   King Tut :
                                 In Egypt , British archaeologist Howard Carter
and his men discover the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb , in the
valley of the Kings


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

5 th November 1605

Gunpowder plot :
during a failed attempt to blow up
the house of Lords during the state opening of parliament
a search revealed the legendary Guy Fawkes , guarding
thirty six barrels of gunpowder on the night / morning of
4th / 5th November

The rest is history

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

6 th November 1986

The Sumburgh disaster :
A British international helicopters
Boeing 234 Chinook , crashes two and a half miles east of Sumburgh
airport in the Shetlands , killing forty five people . It is the deadliest
civilian helicopter crash on record


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_British_International_Helicopters_Chinook_crash

7 th November 1492

The Enisheim meteorite :
The oldest meteorite , with a
known date of impact , strikes the earth around noon in a wheat
field , outside the village of Enisheim , Alsace , France


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

8 th November 1987

The Rememberance parade bombing :
A Provisional I.R.A. bomb explodes
in Enniskillen , Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in
wars involving British forces . Twelve people are killed and sixty three wounded


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

9 th November 1888

The Whitechapel murders :
The mutilated body of twenty five year
old Mary Jane Kelly , believed to be the final victim of Jack the Ripper
is discovered in Spitalfields , London


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

10 th November 1871
Dr livingstone :
Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary
Dr Livingstone in Ujiji near lake Tanganyika , famously greeting him with the
words " Dr Livingstone i presume "


https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Dr-Livingstone/

11 th November 1918

      Armistice day :
                           Germany signs an Armistice agreement
with the allies in a railroad car , in the forest of Compiegne
bringing and end to world war 1


                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918

12 th November 1912

   South Pole expedition :
                                   The frozen bodies of Robert Scott
and his men are discovered on the Ross ice shelf , in
Antarctica , they died of malnutrition amongst other things
on their return journey from reaching the South pole


https://historybytez.com/2015/11/12/1912-the-frozen-bodies-of-robert-scott-and-his-men-are-found-on-the-ross-ice-shelf-in-antarctica/

13 th November 2015

   November 2015 Paris terror attacks :
                                                        A set of co - ordinated terror attacks
in Paris , including multiple shootings , explosions , and a hostage crisis in
the tenth and eleventh Arrondissements , kill one hundred and thirty people
and injures three hundred and sixty eight others with at least another eighty critically
wounded


                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks

Dont worry gassey I've moved it from the cryptics thread.

14 th November 1952

The hit parade :
The first ever official United Kingdom
hit parade of top selling single records is published by the
New Musical Express , with " Here in my heart " by
Al Martino being the first No 1 hit record


https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-first-ever-official-singles-chart-revisited-__2544/

Belting , thanks Lolly , make yourself known at the bar at
the Christmas do and ill make sure your glass is full