On 21 July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-the-moon/
Thursday, 21 July 2022
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
The Mary Rose Sinks
Henry VIII's warship Mary Rose sank on 19 July 1545, near Portsmouth https://localhistories.org/the-mary-rose/
Sunday, 17 July 2022
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Ruth Ellis
On 13 July 1955 Ruth Ellis became the last woman in Britain to be hanged. (She shot her former lover David Blakely). Her execution was controversial and added to the debate about the death penalty. In 2003 her relative appealed. But the Court of Appeal judges said there were no grounds for an appeal. She was properly convicted of murder according to the law at that time. And like it or not, hanging was the legal penalty for murder in 1955. My history of capital punishment
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Happy Birthday Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was founded on 21 June 1749.
Image by Wayne Linton from Pixabay
Sunday, 19 June 2022
Father's Day
Happy Father's Day. Here is an interesting history of Father's Day: https://lnkd.in/eCUU4JYy
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