Alexander McKee the man who discovered the Mary Rose was born on 25 July 1918. Well done Alexander. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NgPGFifFQ
Monday, 25 July 2022
Friday, 22 July 2022
Corporal Punishment
On 22 July 1986, the British parliament voted to end corporal punishment in state schools. The new law received royal assent on 7 November 1986. Corporal punishment became illegal in state schools on 15 August 1987.
Thursday, 21 July 2022
Neil Armstrong
On 21 July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-the-moon/
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
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