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90 years ago today T E Lawrence died age 46: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Law…

90 years ago today Thomas More and John Fisher were canonised by Pope Pius XI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mo…

Today is the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of the Metre or Metre Convention, which established international structures to cooperate on measurement: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre_Con…

The last living person to have been awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War, John Cruickshank, is 105 today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crui…

Today is the 75th anniversary of the first package holiday air charter, from London to Calvi with Horizon Holidays: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_…

The German fashion designer Sonja de Lennart, who in 1948 invented Capri pants, is 105 today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_de_…

Today is the 75th anniversary of the longest recorded track of a tornado in the UK, from Wendover to Blakeney: metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/conte…

Stanley Baldwin became Prime Minister for the first time on this day in 1923: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_B…

Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-70, 1974-76 and Leader of the Labour Party 1963-76, died 30 years ago today in 1995 age 79

Today is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Robert Bakewell, regarded as one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ba…

Today is the 90th anniversary of the landmark House of Lords ruling in Woolmington v DPP on the presumption of innocence: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolmingt…

300 years ago today the notable 18th century criminal and thief-taker Jonathan Wild was executed: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_…

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Perth & Kinross by-election, when Roseanna Cunningham 🦣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇦🖖 gained the seat for the SNP from the Conservatives - the Labour candidate, who came second, was Douglas Alexander: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Pert…

Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party 2015-20, is 76 today

The 1955 general election took place on this day - result: - Conservatives 345 (49.7%) - Labour 277 (46.4%) - Liberals 6 (2.7%) - Sinn Fein 2