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Post by macliam » Sun Oct 03 2021 5:47pm

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Sunday 3rd October 2021

Ireland

1691 English & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
Ummm, no - just no.

It is the date of the Treaty of Limerick which brought to an end the unsuccessful siege of the City by Williamite forces by the conditional surrender of the Jacobites - and, by extension, the end of the Jacobite resistance in Ireland, which allowed William to concentrate on the Nine Years War in Europe.

The Treaty guaranteed that the Jacobite forces could leave the City, bearing arms and under their standard, and either leave the country or return to their homes. The majority of the Jacobites chose the former and this became known as "The flight of the Wild Geese" and many officers later took up commands in the armies of France, Spain and Russia, amongst others, building dynasties which produced Marshals and Presidents of France and senior officers in the Russian and Spanish armies.

The treaty also "guaranteed" religious freedom for Catholics and retention of property rights for those who remained in Ireland. However, whilst those who wished to leave the country were allowed to do so, the other conditions were not met, with the Penal laws and the establishment of the Protestant Ascendancy that dominated Ireland until independence, seeing Catholics prohibited from many professions and barred from normal activities.

For this reason, Limerick is known as "The City of the Broken Treaty"
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Post by Richard Frost » Mon Oct 04 2021 11:00am

Monday 4th October 2021

A selection of Birthdays

1331 James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde, born in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny (d. 1382)
1626 Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1658-59), born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, (d. 1712)
1832 William Griggs, English inventor (photo chromo lithography), born in Woburn, Bedfordshire (d. 1911)
1860 Sidney Paget, British illustrator (Sherlock Holmes), born in London (d. 1908)
1877 Razor Smith, English cricket spin bowler (245 first class matches, Surry CCC), born in Oxford, (d. 1946)
1892 Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire (d. 1934)
1904 Rene Cloke, British illustrator, born in Plymouth, (d. 1995)
1916 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer, born in London (d. 1996)
1923 Charlton Heston [John Carter], American actor (The Ten Commandments; Ben-Hur; Planet of Apes), born in Wilmette, Illinois, (d. 2008)
1931 Basil D'Oliveira, English cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 2,484 @ 40.06, 47 wickets), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2011)
1931 Dick Tracy, comic strip crimestopper (Fictional)
1931 Terence Conran, English designer and restaurateur (Habitat), born in Esher, (d. 2020)
1937 Jackie Collins, British-American romance novelist (The Stud; The Bitch; Lucky), born in London, (d. 2015)
1937 Jim Sillars, Scottish politician and a leading figure in the campaign for Scottish independence. Sillars served as a Labour Party MP for South Ayrshire from 1970 to 1976. He founded and led the pro-Scottish Home Rule Scottish Labour Party in 1976, continuing as MP for South Ayrshire until he lost the seat in 1979. Sillars joined the Scottish National Party in 1980 and later served as MP for Glasgow Govan after winning a by-election in 1988, and was Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party
1947 Ann Noreen Widdecombe DSG, is a British politician, author and television personality. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald, and the former Maidstone constituency, from 1987 to 2010 and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 2019 to 2020. Originally a member of the Conservative Party, she joined the Brexit Party, later renamed Reform UK, in 2019.
1959 Tony Meo, English snooker player (British Open 1989; English Pro C’ship 1986-87), born in London,
1959 Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist (One Under The Eight, Pet Shop Boys), born in Blackpool, Lancashire
1979 Stefan Booth, British actor (Eastenders) born in Bristol
1979 Caitriona Balfe, Irish actress (Outlander), born in Dublin

On This day in British History

1537 The 1st complete English-language Bible, the "Matthew Bible" is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale
1777 Battle of Germantown: Gen George Washington's troops attack and are defeated by the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania
1809 Spencer Perceval becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland retires due to ill health
1900 In a final confrontation, around 4,000 Ashantis are defeated by the British in the Gold Coast (Ghana)
1910 Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1910 Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda.
1917 British assault on Broodseinde, France
1940 12 German aircraft shot down above England
1944 British troops land on Greek mainland
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1966 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
2017 UK Prime Minister Theresa May suffers a nightmare speech at Conservative National Conference as her voice fails, a prankster interrupts and the set collapses

Northern Ireland

1968 A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) delegation meet with the Derry March organisers and try to have the march cancelled; eventually it was decided to go ahead with the march.

Scotland

1883 First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow

Wales

2010 Ryder Cup Golf, Celtic Manor Resort, Wales: Europe wins 14½-13½; with scores level Irishman Graeme McDowell holds nerve to beat Hunter Mahan 3 & 1

Weddings in History

1539 English King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his 4th wife
1802 English romantic poet William Wordsworth (32) marries childhood friend Mary Hutchinson

Deaths in History

1821 John Rennie, Scottish engineer, dies at 60
1880 William Lassell, British astronomer who discovered satellites of Uranus and Neptune, dies at 81
1890 Catherine Booth, Co-founder of the Salvation Army known as the 'Army Mother', dies at 61
1993 Jim Holton, Scottish soccer defender (15 caps; Manchester United, Coventry City), dies of a heart attack at 42
1994 F. Gwendolen Rees, Welsh zoologist and parasitologist, dies at 88
2005 Michael "Mike" Gibbins, Welsh musician (Badfinger), dies from a brain aneurysm at 56

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Post by Richard Frost » Tue Oct 05 2021 11:59am

Tuesday 5th October 2021

World Habitat Day
The United Nations designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of our habitats, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter. The Day is also intended to remind the world that we all have the power and the responsibility to shape the future of our cities and towns.

A Selection of Birthdays

1658 Mary of Modena, Queen of James II of England, born in Ducal Palace, Modena (d. 1718)
1758 Thomas Greatorex, English composer, born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (d. 1831)
1792 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer, born in Warrington (d. 1844)
1795 Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian politician (4th Mayor of Halifax) and brewer (founder of the Alexander Keith's Nova Scotia Brewery), born in Halkirk, Caithness, Highland (d. 1873)
1804 Nicholas Wanostrocht [Felix], English amateur cricket batsman (Kent CCC, Surry CCC) and author (Felix on the Bat), born in London (d. 1876)
1840 John Addington Symonds, British historian and writer (Probs in Greek Ethics), born in Bristol (d. 1893)
1858 Henry von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Queen Victoria, born in Milan, Lombardy–Venetia (d. 1896)'
1875 Cyril Rootham, English organist, composer, and educator born in Redland, Bristol (d. 1938)
1904 George Chesterman Phillips, British naval officer (d. 1995)


1916 Douglas Ranger, British surgeon, born in Furness, Lancashire (d. 1997)
1917 Robert Adams, English sculptor and designer, born in Far Cotton, Northampton (d. 1984)
1917 Lew Worsham, American golfer (US Open 1947; Ryder Cup 1947), born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (d. 1990)
1919 Allen Ludden [Ellsworth], American TV personality and gameshow host (Password), husband of Betty White, born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin (d. 1981)
1919 Donald Pleasence, British actor (You Only Live Twice, Escape from New York, Halloween), born in Worksop, England (d. 1995)
1919 Robin Bailey, British actor (See No Evil, I Didn't Know You Cared), born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1999)
1922 Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager, born in Burnbank, South Lanarkshire (d. 1985)
1923 Glynis Johns, British actress and singer (Mary Poppins; A Little Night Music - "Send In The Clowns"; The Sundowners), born in Pretoria, South Africa
1925 Herbert Kretzmer, South African-British lyricist of Lithuanian heritage (Les Miserables), born in Kroonstad, Union of South Africa (d. 2020)
1934 David Smith, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests), born in Fishponds, Bristol (d. 2003)
1935 Jimmy Binks, English cricket wicket-keeper (England twice v India 1964), born in Hull, Yorkshire,
1945 Brian Connolly, Scottish rock singer (Sweet, 1968-79- "The Ballroom Blitz"), born in Glasgow, (d. 1997)
1945 Geoff Leigh, British saxophonist and flute player (Henry Cow), born in Manchester
1947 Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter (AC/DC), born in Dunston, Gateshead
1950 "Fast" Eddie Clarke, British guitarist (Fastway, Motörhead), born in Twickenham, London (d. 2018)
1951 Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist (Live Aid), born in Dún Laoghaire
1952 Clive Barker, English author and film director (Hellraiser, Lord of Illusions), born in Liverpool
1952 Imran Khan, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018- ) and cricket all-rounder (88 Tests, 3,807 runs, 362 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1953 James Lascelles, British grandson of English princess Mary, born in Bayswater, London
1957 Lee "Kix" Thompson, saxophonist (Madness - "Baggy Trousers", "Our House"), born in St Pancras, London
1962 Caron Keating, British television personality (d. 2004)
1963 Hugh Morris, Welsh cricketer (England lefty opening batsman 1991) born in Cardiff
1963 Laura Davies, British golfer (4 major titles; US Open 1987), born in Coventry
1967 Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor, born in Ely Cambridgeshire
1975 Kate Winslet, British actress (Titanic, Revolutionary Road), born in Reading, Berkshire
1975 Parminder Nagra, English actress, born in Leicester
1978 Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer, born in Dublin
1985 Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud), born in Stamford, Lincolnshire

On this day in British History

1796 Spain declares war on England
1813 Battle of the Thames; American forces under General William Henry Harrison defeat Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies led by Henry Procter near Chatham, Upper Canada
1869 A strong hurricane known as the Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Maritime Canada. Incredibly British naval officer Stephen Martin Saxby predicted the storm 10 months earlier in December 1868 via astronomy.
1930 British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais, France, 48 die
1960 British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament
1970 Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross

Northern Ireland

1968 Civil rights march in Derry stopped by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)and resulting clashes lead to two days of serious rioting, often considered the start of 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland
1971 A new sitting of the Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont begins, though the Social Democratic and Labour Party remain absent due to its continuing protest against Internment

Scotland

1568 Conference of York begins: trial against Mary, Queen of Scots

Deaths in History

1528 Richard Foxe, English churchman
1631 Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies
1805 Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general and colonial administrator (leading British general in the American War of Independence), dies of fever at 66
1930 Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875)
1940 Ballington Booth, English Officer in The Salvation Army and co-founder of Volunteers of America
1986 James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
2012 Keith H.S. Campbell, British biologist, dies at 58

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Post by Richard Frost » Wed Oct 06 2021 11:24am

Wednesday 6th October 2021

ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE BAB Baha'i
The Bab (the title means ‘Gate’) called people to religious renewal and to await the coming of a messenger from God, believed to be Baha’u’llah (a title that means ‘Glory of God’).

6 October (Wednesday) to 14 October (Thursday) NAVARATI Hindu
11 October (Monday) to 15 October (Friday) DURGA PUJA Hindu
14 October (Thursday) to 15 October (Friday) DASSEHRA / VIJAYA DASHAMIPUJA Hindu


Navaratri means ‘nine nights’, which is how long the festival lasts. In Northern India the performance of the Ram Lila during Navaratri commemorates Rama’s victory over Ravana, the demon king of Sri Lanka. The day after the end of Navaratri is celebrated as the 'victorious tenth' (Vijaya Dashami) and huge figures of Ravana are filled with fireworks and burned on Ram Lila grounds (public areas). In the UK some temple congregations carry this out on a smaller scale. Elsewhere the goddess Durga is worshipped on the eighth day. Panjabis mark the day by giving food and other items to young girls.

A Selection of Birthdays

1510 Rowland Taylor, English clergyman, born in Northumberland (d. 1555)
1510 John Caius, English physician, born in Norwich (d. 1573)
1573 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theatre, born in Cowdray House, Midhurst, Sussex, (d. 1624)
1716 George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman, born in Dover (d. 1771)
1744 James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, born in Glasgow (d. 1813)
1769 Isaac Brock, British Army officer (successfully defended Upper Canada in War of 1812), born in St Peter Port, Guernsey (d. 1812)
1777 William Russell, English composer and organist, born in London (d. 1813)
1824 Henry Chadwick, English-American baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book, born in Exeter, Devon (d. 1908)
1887 George Brown, English cricket wicketkeeper/batsman (7 Tests; Hampshire), born in Cowley, Oxford (d. 1964)
1900 Stan Nichols, English cricketer, born in Stondon Massey, Essex In his youth primarily a football goalkeeper who played for some time with Queen's Park Rangers, Nichols' prowess at cricket during the summer brought him to the attention of the Essex committee during the early 1920s, who recommended him as a left-handed batsman. He was engaged for 1924 but did not gain a regular place in the first eleven that year. The following year, however, Nichols gained a regular place as a promising fast bowler and batted very low in the order. He did nothing sensational apart from playing the primary role in dismissing Kent for 43 on a bad wicket at Southend in late July. (d. 1961)
1903 Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate born in Dungarvon (d. 1995)
1910 Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC born in Chesterfield, was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history. Regarded as one of the most significant Labour Party politicians (d. 2002)
1912 Anthony Cuthbert Baines, English music scholar (d. 1997)
1916 Tommy Lawton, footballer, born in Farnworth Lancs. English football player and manager. A strong centre-forward with excellent all-round attacking skills, he was able to head the ball with tremendous power and accuracy. (d. 1996)
1936 Anna Quayle, British actress (A Hard Day's Night, Stop the World - I want to Get Off), born in Birmingham (d. 2019)
1939 Melvyn Bragg, British broadcaster (The South Bank Show, 1978–2010), born in Carlisle
1946 Tony Greig, English cricket captain, all-rounder (1972-77) and commentator, born in Queenstown, South Africa (d. 2012)
1947 Paul Martinez, British session bass player and songwriter (Cat Stevens; Robert Plant; Groove Holmes), born in Leicester,
1948 Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician, born Ballymurphy
1960 Richard Jobson, Scottish TV person/rocker (Skids-Scared to Dance) born in Kircaldy
1961 Tim Burgess, English drummer (T'Pau), born in Macclesfield
1966 Niall Quinn, Irish soccer striker (92 caps, Rep of Ireland; Manchester City, Sunderland), born in Dublin
1969 Troy Shaw, English snooker player, born in Lowestoft.
1971 Phil Bennett, British racing driver, born in Kingswinford, West Midlands
1971 Alan Stubbs, English footballer and manager (Rotherham United), born in Kirkby,
1972 Daniel Cavanagh, English rock musician (Anathema), born in Liverpool
1973 Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor, born in Aberdare
1978 Ricky Hatton, English boxer, born in Stockport
1979 Lex Shrapnel, English actor, born in London

On this day in British History

1762 British troops occupy Manila, Philippines
1799 Battle of Castricum: Franco-Dutch army beats British-Russian army
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain
1946 US President Harry Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine
1948 Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya
1952 Agatha Christie's play "The Mousetrap" opens in London (still running)

Scotland

1918 US ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die

Deaths in History

1542 Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)
1688 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman, dies at 35
1891 Charles Stewart Parnell, English-Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45
1892 Alfred Tennyson, writer and British Poet Laureate (The Charge of the Light Brigade), dies at 83
1951 Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
1968 Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (Crank-Nicolson method), dies at 51
1976 Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)

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Post by Richard Frost » Thu Oct 07 2021 12:20pm

Thursday 7th October 2021

CLIMB A HIGH MOUNTAIN / PICNIC IN A HIGH PLACE / CHONGYANGJIE / CH’UNG YANG Chinese
This is the day for hill climbing or ‘going up on a high place’, where kites are flown, family graves visited, and a ‘golden pig’ is shared by large families with fruit, wine, tea and rice.

A Selection of Birthdays

1573 William Laud, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45), born in Reading, Berkshire (d. 1645)
1576 John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)
1713 Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)
1734 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana) born in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire (d. 1801)
1887 A.C. "Jack" Russell, English cricket batsman (10 Tests, 5 x 100s; Essex CCC), born in Leyton, Essex (d. 1961)
1908 Richard Caldicot, British actor (Horse's Mouth, Strife, Mrs Thursday), born in London, (d. 1995)
1914 Sarah Churchill, British actress (Matinee Theatre, All Over Town, Royal Wedding), born in London, (d. 1982)
1921 John Arthur Giles Gere FBA, FSA English art historian (Pre-Raphaelite painter) (d. 1995)
1927 R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist, born in Glasgow, (d. 1989)
1929 Robert Westall, British author, born in North Shields, (d. 1993)
1931 Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal, South Africa
1938 Ann Haydon-Jones, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1969, French Open 1961, 66), born in Birmingham, England
1939 Harold Kroto, English chemist and Nobel laureate (1996), born in Wisbech (d. 2016)
1939 Colin Cooper, British vocalist and harmonica player (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), born in Stafford, (d. 2008)
1941 Martin Murray, English rocker (Honeycombs), born in London
1945 Kevin Godley, English rock drummer, vocalist, and producer (10cc - "I'm Not On Love"), born in Manchester, England
1947 Philip Malcolm "Pip" Williams, British record producer and arranger (Status Quo; Moody Blues), born in Hillingdon, Middlesex
1952 Vladimir Putin, Russian politician (President and Prime Minister), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
1957 Jayne Torvill, English ice dancer (Torvill & Dean, Olympic gold 1984), born in Nottingham
1959 Simon Cowell, English recording executive and television producer (X-Factor, American Idol), born in London
1964 Sam Brown, English singer & songwriter (Stop!), born in Stratford, London
1964 Paul Stewart, British footballer (Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool), born in Manchester
1967 Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs; Black Box Recorder), born in Walton-on-Thames,
1968 Thom Yorke, British musician and lead singer of Radiohead (Creep; Paranoid Android), born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
1969 Maria Whittaker, English model, born in Hounslow, Middlesex
1970 Harold Ellis, English NBA forward (Denver Nuggets), born in London
1978 Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq), born in Welwyn Garden City, Herts.
1982 Jermain Defoe, English footballer, born in Beckton, London
1996 Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter (Someone You Loved), born in Glasgow

On This Day in British History

1690 English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade
1702 British & Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond
1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement
1777 Americans beat British in Second Battle of Saratoga & Battle of Bemis Heights
1780 British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC
1915 English nurse Edith Cavell sentenced to death along with 34 others by German court martial for running underground network to free Allied soldiers
1916 The German submarine U-53 arrives off Newport, Rhode Island, and sinks 9 British merchant ships in international waters
1929 Ramsay MacDonald is first British Prime Minister to address US Congress
1942 US & UK government announce establishment of United Nations
1986 First edition of new British newspaper "Independent" published

Northern Ireland

1968 Rioting continues in Derry, Northern Ireland after Royal Ulster Constabulary put down civil rights march two days earlier
1971 Northern Ireland Prime Minister Brian Faulkner meets with British Prime Minister Edward Heath; they agree to send an additional 1,500 British Army troops to Northern Ireland

Scotland

1973 Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi

Weddings in History

1914 44th US Ambassador to the United Kingdom Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (26) weds John F. Fitzgerald's daughter, Rose Fitzgerald (24)

Deaths in History

1368 Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England, dies at 29
1577 George Gascoigne, English poet
1777 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle
1780 Patrick Ferguson, Scottish army officer & rifle inventor (Ferguson flintlock rifle) dies in battle at 36
1793 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, British politician, dies at 75
1796 Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and founder of Scottish School of Common Sense, dies at 86
1911 John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835)
1943 Radclyffe Hall, British author (b. 1880)
1967 Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies
2004 Ken Bigley, British civil engineer, kidnapped and murdered in Iraq (b. 1942)

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Post by macliam » Thu Oct 07 2021 3:21pm

Richard Frost wrote:
Thu Oct 07 2021 12:20pm
Thursday 7th October 2021

On This Day in British History

1780 British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC

Scotland

1780 Patrick Ferguson, Scottish army officer & rifle inventor (Ferguson flintlock rifle) dies in battle at 36
Patrick Ferguson made improvements to earlier breech-loading flintlocks, which enabled the gun to be breech-loaded after only one turn of the extended trigger guard. This had several advantages over the Brown Bess musket in use by the British army. Firstly, it could be reloaded 3-6 times a minute, which was far quicker; Secondly, there was no need to tamp in the powder or ball, which meant that, for the first time, it was not necessary to stand up to load the weapon, so users could remain prone or behind cover. Lastly, it was a rifle, so far more accurate than a musket.
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Ferguson had 200 rifles made and formed a company of 100 riflemen, all armed with his rifle. In 1777, this unit took part in the Battle of Brandywine, in the American War of Independence - but Ferguson himself was severely wounded. After the battle, it appeared that a senior Colonial officer who Ferguson had refused to shoot in the back may well have been George Washington himself!

With Ferguson wounded, his unit was broken up and the rifles sent to the New York Armoury, never to be used again in combat.

Ferguson returned to combat, but unable to use his right arm. In 1780, he led a Loyalist militia in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Supposedly fighting with his sword in his left hand and the reins in his teeth, he was shot from the saddle and dragged into the Colonial lines. There he died from eight musket wounds and his body was desecrated by the Colonial militia, before being buried in an ox-hide alongside his mistress, Virginia Sal, who was also killed in the battle.

In 1930 the U.S. government erected a marker at Ferguson's gravesite on the battleground.
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Post by Richard Frost » Fri Oct 08 2021 11:25am

Friday 8th October 2021

1917 Leon Trotsky is named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet, as the Bolsheviks gain control.

A Selection of Birthdays

1515 Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, born in Harbottle Castle, Northumberland (d. 1578)
1765 Harman Blennerhassett, Anglo-Irish lawyer, a member of the Society of United Irishmen who emigrated in advance of their rebellion in 1798 to become a socially and politically distinguished plantation owner in western Virginia. Implicated in the Burr conspiracy, an alleged military plot with Britain to separate Louisiana territory from the American union, he was twice arrested and financially ruined. His last years were spent in England. Born in Hampshire, England (d. 1831)
1789 William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist, born in Newington, London (d. 1855)
1872 John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone, Wolf Solent), born in Shirley, Derbyshire (d. 1963)
1875 Laurence Doherty, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1902-06, US Nationals 1903), born in Wimbledon (d. 1919)
1876 Willie Smith, Scottish golfer (US Open 1899), born in Dundee (d. 1916)
1888 Clifford Heatherley, British actor (Who Killed Doc Robin?), born in Preston, Lancashire (d. 1937)
1893 Orovida Camille Pissarro, British painter and etcher, born in Epping, Essex (d. 1968)
1899 Milner Gray, British graphic designer, born in London (d. 1997)
1900 Geoffrey Jellicoe, English landscape architect (Shute House), born in London (d. 1996)
1900 Serge Chermayeff, Russian-British architect and designer, born in Grozny, Russia (d. 1996)
1922 Douglas Gray, Scottish record and film producer, born in Aberdeen (d. 1997)
1928 Bill Maynard [Walter Williams], English actor (Greengrass-Heartbeat) and comedian, born in Heath End, Surrey (d. 2018)
1931 Bill Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (28 caps; Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur), born in Arbroath, Angus, (d. 2004)
1932 Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player, born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire
1934 Gerry Hitchens, English footballer, born in Staffordshire (d. 1983)
1935 Albert Roux, French chef and restaurateur (Le Gavroche, 1st Michelin three-starred restaurant in Britain), born in Semur-en-Brionnais, Saône-et-Loire, France (d. 2021) [1]
1936 Peter Swan, English soccer defender (19 caps; Sheffield Wednesday, Bury), born in South Elmsall, Yorkshire (d. 2021)
1938 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service) (d. 1993)
1945 Ray Royer, English rock guitarist (Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"), born in The Pinewoods, Essex
1949 Hamish Stuart, Scottish guitarist and singer (Average White Band; Paul McCartney), born in Glasgow
1953 Robert Saxton, British classical composer (The Circle of Light; Caritas), born in London
1965 Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor (Father Ted), born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan,
1970 Matt Damon, American actor (Good Will Hunting, Ocean's trilogy, Bourne trilogy), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1970 Sadiq Khan, British politician and 1st Muslim Mayor of London, born in London
1970 Anne-Marie Duff, English actress (Shameless), born in London
1978 Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player, born in Cork
1979 Paul Burchill, English professional wrestler, born in Guildford
1983 Michael Fraser, Scottish football goalkeeper, born in Inverness

On this day in British History

1625 English Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz, Spain
1769 Captain James Cook lands in New Zealand at Poverty Bay on the East Coast of the North Island
1779 English engraver and poet William Blake begins study at the Royal Academy, Old Somerset House, London
1806 British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
1915 Battle of Loos on WWI Western Front ends, German forces contain British attack (85,000 casualties)
1924 British Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald falls to Conservatives
1943 Great Britain establishes bases on Azores
1945 US President Harry Truman announces atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada
1959 Conservatives led by Harold Macmillan win the British general election
1964 Ringo Starr passes his driving test
1965 Post Office Tower opens in London, then the tallest building in England
1980 British Leyland starts selling Mini Metro
2003 Clive Granger and Robert F. Engle awarded Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)”
2012 John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka win the 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work on reprogramming end stage cells to become pluripotent

Northern Ireland

1970 The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) propose that a system of Proportional Representation (PR) should be used in elections in Northern Ireland

Deaths in History

1652 John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (attempted to survey the pyramids) (b. 1602)
1754 Henry Fielding, English novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones), dies at 47
1795 Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer, dies at 70
1809 James Elphinston, Scottish philologist, dies at 87
1967 Clement Attlee, British politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84
1967 Vernon Watkins, Welsh poet (Ballad of Mari Lwyd), dies at 61
1982 Philip Noel-Baker, British politician and disarmament advocate (Nobel 1959), dies at 92

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Post by macliam » Fri Oct 08 2021 3:52pm

Friday 8th October 2021

On this day in British History

1962 - Kerrygold butter is launched in the UK

In 1961 the Irish government created An Bord Bainne (the Milk Board, or Dairy Board) to market Irish dairy products and one of the first actions was to establish a single export brand for all Creamery butter produced in the Republic, to simplify marketing and gain brand recognition, as Lurpak had earlier done for Danish butter. At this time, the EEC market was closed to Irish butter, and the UK imposed an import quota on it.

The butter could have been called Buttercup, Shannon Gold, Leprechaun, Tub-o-gold, Golden Farm or Kerrygold - these six selected from over 60 suggested names, but Kerrygold was finally chosen to evoke "farming, naturalness, goodness and above all quality milk" as well as a sense of Irishness.
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On 8th October 1962, the Board successfully test-launched the Kerrygold brand in the Winterhill area of North West England. As well as gaining significant market share in the UK, it later became a top-selling butter brand in Germany, the USA and many other markets.

However, it was not until 1973 that Kerrygold was actually sold in Ireland. :mrgreen:

(An Bord Bainne was rebranded in 2015 as Ornua, from the Irish Ór Nua meaning "new gold")
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Saturday 9th October 2021

World Post Day
The United Nations celebrates World Post Day every year on 9 October. The purpose of World Post Day is to bring awareness to the Post’s role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development. The Post in many countries use the event to introduce or promote new postal products and services. The day marks the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969.

A Selection of Birthdays

1469 John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35), cardinal (Saint John Fisher), born in Beverley (beheaded 1535)
1626 John Ferrabosco, composer, born in Kent organist of Ely Cathedral from 1662 until his death in 1682. (d. 1682)
1796 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English artist and Egyptologist, born in London (d. 1878)
1840 Simeon Solomon, English Pre-Raphaelite painter, born in London (d. 1905)
1864 Maud Watson, British tennis player (first Wimbledon female champion 1884-85), born in London, (d. 1946)
1899 Mary Jarred, British mezzo-soprano and contralto singer (The Rake's Progress), born in Brotton, North Yorkshire (d. 1993)
1900 Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (Christmas Carol, Stage Fright), born in Edinburgh (d. 1976)
1902 Freddie Young, British cinematographer (Lawrence of Arabia), born in London (d. 1998)
1905 May Moxon, Scottish dance producer, born in Townhead, Glasgow (d. 1996)
1906 John Dalrymple, KCVO MBE DL 13th Earl of Stair, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtownshire (1961-83)
1907 Quintin Hogg, British politician, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, born in London (d. 2001)
1910 Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (1974-80), born in Highgate, London (d. 2000)
1923 Donald Sinden, English actor (Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba), born in St Budeaux, Plymouth, (d. 2014)
1931 Anthony "Tony" Booth, British actor and father of Cherie Blair (Till Death Us Do Part), born in Liverpool, Lancashire (d. 2017)
1933 Bill Tidy, English cartoonist (Fosdyke Saga), born in Tranmere, Birkenhead
1933 Peter Mansfield, British Physician whose discoveries led to MRI (2003 Nobel Prize), born in London (d. 2017)
1935 Don McCullin, British photographer, born in London
1935 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, born in London
1936 Brian Blessed, English actor (King Arthur, High Road to China), born in Mexborough, Yorkshire,
1937 Pat Burke, British rocker (Foundations), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1940 John Lennon, British rock singer-songwriter (The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever"; "Help!"; solo - "Imagine"; "Grow Old With Me"), born in Liverpool (d. 1980)
1944 John Entwistle, English rock guitarist and vocalist (The Who - "Baba O'Riley"), born in London, (d. 2002)
1948 Caleb Quayle, English rock musician (Hall & Oates), born in London
1952 Sharon Osbourne, English-American music manager, TV personality (X-Factor, America's Got Talent) and wife of Ozzy Osbourne, born in London
1955 Steve Ovett, British athlete (Olympics gold 800m, bronze 1500m 1980), born in Brighton
1961 Julian Bailey, British racing driver, born in Woolwich, London
1966 David Cameron, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 2010-16), born in London
1969 P.J. Harvey, English musician, singer and songwriter, born in Bridport, Dorset
1969 Steve McQueen, British filmmaker and artist (12 Years a Slave), born in London
1971 Simon Atlee, British fashion photographer (d. 2004)
1975 Sean Ono Lennon, British-American rock musician and producer (Cibo Matto; The Claypool-Lennon Delirium), born in New York City
1978 Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife), born in Dublin
1984 Ghetts [Justin Clarke], British musician, born in Plaistow, East London

On this day in British History

1192 Richard I of England, the Lion Heart, leaves Jerusalem in disguise
1290 Last of 16,000 Jews expelled by King Edward I leave England
1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
1651 English parliament passes Navigation Act
1716 Britain & France sign treaty
1799 Sinking of British frigate HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and cargo worth £1,200,000 off Dutch coast
1899 1st British troops reaches Durban, South Africa
1899 South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum
1944 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Joseph Stalin
1945 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
1953 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1959 Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton
1961 Tanganyika, in east Africa, becomes independent within British Commonwealth
1962 Uganda becomes independent from the United Kingdom
1963 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan resigns and is replaced by Alec Douglas-Home

Northern Ireland

1968 2,000 students from Queen's University Belfast try to march to Belfast City Hall in protest against 'police brutality', but blocked by loyalists led by Ian Paisley; leads for formation of student civil rights group People's Democracy

Deaths in History

1253 Robert Grosseteste, English scientist, scholastic philosopher, theologian and Bishop of Lincoln, dies at around 78
1691 William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
1709 Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1640)
1729 Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654)
1781 Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, Scottish composer and musician, dies at 49
1873 George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (b. 1785)
1940 Wilfred Grenfell, British medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador, dies at 75
1995 Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1963-64), dies at 92
2000 Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
2015 Geoffrey Howe, British politician (Chancellor and Foreign Secretary under Thatcher), dies at 88

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Sunday 10th October 2021

10 October to 17 October INTER FAITH WEEK OF PRAYER FOR WORLD PEACE
Prayers from the literature of several different world religions are published each year in a special leaflet. They are composed and used by many different religious communities.

World Mental Health Day
The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide.

World Migratory Bird Day
People all over the world will be celebrating World Migratory Bird Day, a global campaign that aims to raise awareness of migratory birds and the need for international cooperation to conserve them. The UN-backed campaign is organized by a collaborative partnership among two environmental treaties - the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), and the non-profit organization, Environment for the Americas (EFTA). This year’s theme “Sing, Fly, Soar – Like A Bird!” focuses on the phenomena of “bird song” and “bird flight” as a way to inspire and connect people of all ages around the globe in their shared desire to protect and celebrate migratory birds.

A Selection of Birthdays

1344 Mary Plantagenet, English princess, daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, born in Waltham, Hampshire (d. 1362)
1678 John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll and field marshal (Union of 1707), born in Ham House, Petersham, Surrey (d. 1743)
1731 Henry Cavendish, English physicist and chemist (discovered hydrogen), born in Nice (d. 1810)
1780 John Abercrombie, Scottish physician, born in Aberdeen (d. 1844)
1813 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian opera composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), born in Busseto (d. 1901)
1865 Rafael Merry del Val, British-born Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, born in London (d. 1930)
1898 Conrad Leonard, British composer and pianist, born in South Norwood, SE London (d. 2003)
1910 Alan Frank, English composer and music publisher, born in London (d. 1994)
1911 Clare Hollingworth, British war correspondent who was the first to report on the outbreak of WWII, born in Knighton, Powys (d. 2017)
1912 Charles Henry Madge, English poet and founder of Mass-Observation, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1996)
1923 Nicholas Parsons, British presenter and actor described as "the ultimate quiz show host", born in Grantham, Lincolnshire (d. 2020)
1923 Murray Walker OBE, English motorsport commentator and journalist (Formula 1: BBC 1976-96, ITV 1997-2001), born in Birmingham (d. 2021)
1924 James Clavell, British-American author (The Asian Saga), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1994)
1927 Thomas Wilson, Scottish composer, born in Trinidad, Colorado (d. 2001)
1930 Harold Pinter, British playwright (The Homecoming, Servant), born in London (d. 2008)
1933 Daniel Massey, English actor (Vault of Horror), born in London (d. 1998)
1935 Dave Charnley, British lightweight boxer (Dartford Destroyer), born in Dartford (d. 2012)
1936 Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here), born in Stockport, Cheshire
1940 Jimmy Gabriel, Scottish soccer midfielder (2 caps; Everton, Southampton) and coach (Seattle Sounders; SJ Earthquakes, Seattle Storm, Everton), born in Dundee (d. 2021)
1943 Denis D'Ell, English rocker, born in London (d. 2005)
1943 Alexander MacMillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton, English publisher and politician born in Oswestry, Shropshire
1945 Alan Cartwright, English rock bass player (Procol Harum, 1972-77), born in London
1946 Charles Dance, English actor and director (Alien 3, Jewel in the Crown), born in Redditch, Worcestershire
1946 Mildred Grieveson, English writer (Leopard in the Snow), born in England
1946 Chris Tarrant, English TV presenter (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?), born in Reading, Berkshire,
1946 Willard White, Jamaican-British operatic bass baritone, born in Kingston, Jamaica
1947 Giant Haystacks [Martin Ruane], English professional wrestler, born Camberwell, London (d. 1998)
1953 Midge Ure, Scottish rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance), born in Glasgow
1954 James Fearnley, British celtic-punk accordionist (The Pogues - "The Irish Rover"), born in Worsley, Greater Manchester
1959 Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (Electric Landlady), born Croydon, Surrey (d. 2000)
1960 Simon Townshend, British guitarist and songwriter, born in Chiswick, London
1961 Martin Kemp, English rock bassist (Spandau Ballet), born in London
1965 Rebecca Pidgeon, British-American actress, singer and songwriter, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1966 Tony Adams, English footballer (Arsenal & England national team captain), born in Romford, Essex
1968 Chris Ofili, English painter (Turner prize - elephant dung), born in Manchester
1970 Dean Kiely, Irish football goalkeeper (Crystal Palace), born in Salford
1970 Matthew Pinsent CBE, English rower (Olympic gold coxless pair 1992, 96; four 2000, 04; World C'ship gold x 10) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Holt, Norfolk
1971 Ian Bennett, English football goalkeeper (Birmingham City), born in Worksop

On this day in British History

1695 King Willem III escapes South Netherlands, back to England
1799 Convention of Alkmaar: British-Russian invasion army departs Holland
1839 British troops under General Charles Napier occupy Beirut
1874 Fiji becomes a British possession
1903 The Women's Social and Political Union was formed by Emmeline Pankhurst to fight for women's rights in Britain.
1913 British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 killed)
1957 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident
1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1974 Labour Party led by Harold Wilson wins UK general election

Northern Ireland

1972 3 members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) die in a premature explosion in a house in Balkan Street, Lower Falls, Belfast

Deaths in History

1708 David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659)
1723 William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)
1759 Granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713)
1935 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1934), dies at 72
1979 Christopher Evans, British psychologist and computer scientist (b. 1931)
1994 Chaim Raphael, English Jewish scholar and writer, dies at 86
1996 John Hillaby, English writer and traveller, dies at 79
2006 Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932)

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