Saint Andrew’s day and Churchill’s birthday today. Also the day that the Crystal Palace burnt down in 1936. And Cnut the Great claimed the English throne in 1016.
On this day in 1963.........Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald
At 12:20 p.m., in the basement of the Dallas police station, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is shot to death by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner.
Today marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. A two-minute silence is held at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars around the world. #remembranceday https://t.co/DoOC37DQnu
Big Ben will strike 11 times to mark the start of two minutes’ silence at 11am on #ArmisticeDay and #RemembranceSunday.
If you’re in central London this evening, your ears aren’t deceiving you: our clock mechanics are testing the chimes.
#OTD in 1918, the last German Kaiser left the country, never to return. Wilhelm II had been forced to abdicate the previous day. He fled to the Netherlands where he lived until his death in 1941. #History#WWI
Each year the Cenotaph's Portland stone is cleaned ahead of Remembrance Day.
Read about the Cenotaph and the five other First World War memorials in our care: https://t.co/s5HqMHCWT2
On this day, 10 November 1917, Canadian troops made a final push and captured the ridge of #Passchendaele. Haig called the Battle of Passchendaele to a halt. British forces had suffered 275,000 casualties including 38,000 Australians, 15,600 Canadians and 5,300 New Zealanders.
#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.
Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.
Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.
Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.
Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.
Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.
Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OTD
Did you attend Crossley Heath Sixth Form?
We want to know where life has taken our Sixth Form alumni, especially with regard to the careers you have moved into.
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During the genocide in #Cambodia it was possible for people to be shot simply for knowing a foreign language, wearing glasses, laughing, or crying.
One Khmer Rouge slogan ran ‘To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss.’
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