Today in History

[Gemini]

1477

Margery Brews sent a letter to John Paston in Norfolk, addressed - Be my olde Valentine. It is the oldest known Valentine's Day message in the English language and was uncovered by the British Library

[Gemini]

1928

After some 70 years of work, the 1st Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed.

[Daisy]

It must have been a major undertaking to compile the first dictionary - especially with a language with as many words as ours.

[Gemini]

1923

Howard Carter, having discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun 12 months previously, lifted the lid off the sarcophagus to reveal a golden effigy of the young king.

[Daisy]

I've seen the gold death mask of Tutankhamun in the Cairo Museum, and it is amazing. I have no interest in ancient Egypt, but OH wanted to go there, so I didn't expect anything, but I stood looking at it for ages - there was something magical about it I can't explain.

[Plantaholic]

Must have been breathtaking to see that Daisy

[Gemini]

1985

The first episode of the BBC soap opera, EastEnders was screened.

[Oma]

Should have been its last Gem

[Gemini]

[Gemini]

1472

Orkney and Shetland were pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Princess Margaret, daughter of Christian I, the King of Norway and Denmark. As the wife of King James III of Scotland she was the Queen Consort and the mother of the future King James IV of Scotland.

[Daisy]

Hahaha - I wonder if that's where the idea for that programme about upmarket pawn dealers (Posh Pawn) comes from.

[Gemini]

1961

The Beatles appeared for the very first time at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. They went on to make a total of 292 other appearances there.

[Gemini]

2006

At least six men staged Britain's biggest ever robbery, stealing £53m from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.

[Daisy]

2006

At least six men staged Britain's biggest ever robbery, stealing £53m from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.

And also:

Today in 2015 GransRus was opened to members.

[Gemini]

Indeed it did