This Week In History
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06 Dec
The Death of Anthony Trollope
- 6th December 1882 -
From a childhood that was unhappy, uncertain, in terms of a stable home, and socially awkward to a career in the Civil Service that was, in many ways, unimpressive by his own admission,...
date:
30 Jan
The Death of Mohandas K. Gandhi
- 30th January 1948 -
At 5.10pm on 30th January Gandhi entered the garden of Birla House, New Delhi, to attend an evening prayer meeting. He ascended the four steps to the prayer mandap, a platform put up for the...
date:
24 Jan
The Death of Sir Winston Churchill
- 24th January 1965 -
Having suffered a stroke on 15th January, Winston Churchill lay dying in a downstairs bedroom in his house in Hyde Park Gate, Kensington. His doctor, Lord Moran, gave daily bulletins on...
date:
25 Jan
First Transcontinental Telephone Call
- January 25th 1915 -
Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission. The New York Times said the following:
“On October 9th 1876 Alexander Graham...
date:
15 Nov
The Capture of Winston Churchill in South Africa
- Wednesday 15th November 1899 -
The 2nd Boer War, 11th October 1899 – 31st May 1902 – was fought between the armies of Britain, the Cape and the Natal Colonies with Afrikaner support and backed by...
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