Today in History

[Gemini]

September 2nd 1666 - Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed

[Daisy]

3rd September 1939: The day Britain declared war on Germany, following the invasion of Poland. France, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada also declared war, and so the horror of World War II started.

Ironically, it was the anniversary of the day in 1918 when the Allied forces forced the Germans back across the Hindenburg Line, and the day in 1929 when the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached an all time high, which was quickly followed by the Crash and the subsequent Depression.

[Gemini]

September 9th 1543
Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling

[Gemini]

September 10th 1940- Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb

[Nanto2girls]

Today is the anniversary of 9/11.

I don't think any of us will ever forget.

[Gemini]

Very memorable, and so awful. We will never forget this date Nan2, you are right.

[Gemini]

September 25th 1974

Scientists warn that continued use of aerosol sprays will cause ozone depletion, which will lead to an increased risk of skin cancer and global weather changes.

[Gemini]

1982

The musical Cats begins a run of nearly 18 years on Broadway.

[Daisy]

Golly - was it that long ago! DS2's teacher organised a coach party to see it in the West End and we were lucky enough to get seats right in the action on the moving platform. It was brilliant.

[Gemini]

1918 At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ended; a war that had lasted for 4 years and 97 days. Germany, bereft of manpower, supplies and food, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies. The war left 9 million soldiers dead and more than 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, some 6 million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.

1919 Britain introduced a two minute silence at 11:00 a.m. to remember those who died in World War I.

1921 The first British Legion Poppy Day

[Mimi]

1918 At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ended; a war that had lasted for 4 years and 97 days. Germany, bereft of manpower, supplies and food, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies. The war left 9 million soldiers dead and more than 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, some 6 million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.

1919 Britain introduced a two minute silence at 11:00 a.m. to remember those who died in World War I.

1921 The first British Legion Poppy Day

[Nanto2girls]

1918 At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ended; a war that had lasted for 4 years and 97 days. Germany, bereft of manpower, supplies and food, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies. The war left 9 million soldiers dead and more than 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, some 6 million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.

1919 Britain introduced a two minute silence at 11:00 a.m. to remember those who died in World War I.

1921 The first British Legion Poppy Day

[Daisy]

It was the War to end all wars! They said.

[Elisi]

1953 in Cambridge Massachusetts, the polio virus is identified and photographed for the first time.

[Gemini]

1984 It was announced, by Chancellor Nigel Lawson, that the pound note, after being in circulation for more than 150 years, would be phased out and replaced with the pound coin.