On the 22nd November 1990, Margaret Thatcher Resigned after being Prime Minister for 11 years. Margaret Thatcher led the Tory party to 3 general election victories, 2 of which were landslides. The Thatcher years covered the whole of the 1980s connecting the end of the 70s to the start of the 90s. The end of …
The future queen of the United Kingdom on the 19th November 1947 marries Philip Mountbatten. Elizabeth married at the age of 21 to Philip, a Greek prince. Before the marriage could take place Philip had top become a naturalised British citizen. The wedding took place when the country was still under rationing, the material for the …
20th November 1947 Future British Queen Marries Philip Mountbatten Read More »
The Return of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Wartime leader returned to being Prime Minister a second time after the Conservative party one the 26th October 1953 General Election, defeating Clement Attlee at 77. The slogan of the election the Conservatives ran on was a ‘Strong and Free’ Britain. Conservatives …
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The Radical John Wilkes John Wilkes was born in Clerkenwell London on the 17th October 1725, educated in Hertford, private tutored and University in Holland. He was known for being an English politician and journalist, elected as a member of parliament for Aylesbury in 1757. John Wilkes was a Radical, which was a term given to individuals …
In 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the way to appear on the tonight show made a decision, that would change many things. His family and close friends were unaware of what he was about to say live on Jay Leno’s Show. On the Show, the Terminator star revealed he was going to run for Governor of …
8th October 2003 “I’ll be back” as potential Governor Read More »
1735 Britain’s First Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street. Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Offord Born 1676 – Died 1745 This was during The Reign of King George the I and George the II. Dates in office: 1721- 1742 Walpole was also the longest serving Prime Minister Educated at Eaton and …
22nd September 1735 Prime Minister Walpole sets the 10 Downing St house in motion Read More »
1940 Zandra Rhodes was born on this day, Fashion Designer Rhodes, founded The Fashion & Textile Museum, in London. She designed garments for Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Brian May from Queen. She pushed London to be one of the front-runners of fashion in the 1970s and put her mark as being one of the …
1709 Samuel Johnson was born on this day. He was an English Writer, Lexicographer, poet, critic biographer essayist. He was often known as Dr Johnson and most associated for his work Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language 1755. Samuel Johnson born 1709- 1784 Samuel Johnson had the misfortune to catch an illness a type …
18th September 1709 Dr Samuel Johnson dictionary legend was born Read More »
1944 Operation Market Garden This was an unsuccessful Allied military operation that ran from the 17th Sept-25th. It had hopes of finishing the war before Christmas. Britains Montgomery was involved as it used land and airborne forces In Holland and Germany. The idea was to gain more of a way into the heart of Germany …
1982 Princess Grace of Monaco died in a car crash near Monte Carlo. The Princess was formerly known as Grace Kelly the Hollywood Film star. She was 52. The Connaught hotel in London, she called her second home, she also visited the nearby fashion houses in Mount Street. The V&A Museum ran an exhibition in …
14th September 1982 Princess Grace of Monaco London remembers Read More »
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