28 October is National Chocolate Day www.localhistories.org/chocolate.html
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Tuesday 27 October 2020
Captain Cook
Famous explorer Captain James Cook was born on 27 October 1728 www.localhistories.org/cook.html
Monday 26 October 2020
Thursday 22 October 2020
Sam Houston
On 22 October 1836 Sam Houston was sworn in as the first elected president of the Republic of Texas localhistories.org/a-history-of-texas
Sunday 18 October 2020
Alaska Day
On 18 October 1867 Alaska passed from Russia to the USA. Happy Alaska Day. Happy Alaska Day. localhistories.org/a-history-of-alaska
Friday 16 October 2020
Marie Antoinette
On 16 October 1793, Marie Antoinette was guillotined. She almost certainly never said 'let them eat cake'.
Sunday 11 October 2020
Mary Rose
On 11 October 1982 Henry VIII's warship The Mary Rose was raised from the sea bed. (It sank in 1545). I remember hearing all about it and even reading about it in a local newspaper but I cannot remember seeing it being raised on TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XhbXKE6aTc
Friday 9 October 2020
Wednesday 7 October 2020
Edgar Allan Poe
Sadly, Edgar Allan Poe died on 7 October 1849. I love his short story, The Masque of the Red Death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKPlapqoRwk&fbclid=IwAR3AhsN7JY11pL7LFmss0AMlFFuqlHJV6M7s82ypLyBi0Dugv5VphGiBtNE
Lepanto
On 7 October 1571, a Christian fleet totally defeated the Turkish fleet at the naval battle of Lepanto in the eastern Mediterranean. After the battle 12,000 Christian galley slaves were set free.
Thursday 1 October 2020
Pierre Curie
I wrote a brief bio of Pierre Curie. He was one of the great scientists of the late 19th century www.localhistories.org/pierre.html
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