by StuartG | Aug 31, 2017 | On This Day |
Mary Ann Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper’s first victim.
by StuartG | Aug 30, 2017 | On This Day |
Vladimir Lenin survives assassination attempt. He is shot twice by Fanya Kaplan a female member of the Social Revolutionary party. Kaplan was executed the following month.
by StuartG | Aug 29, 2017 | On This Day |
Beatles play their last ever tour date at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
by StuartG | Aug 28, 2017 | On This Day |
Russian author Leo Tolstoy born.
by StuartG | Aug 27, 2017 | On This Day |
Lord Louis Mountbatten is killed by a 50-pound bomb IRA hidden on his fishing boat, Shadow V.
by StuartG | Aug 26, 2017 | On This Day |
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was declared in effect: it guarantees women the right to vote.
by StuartG | Aug 25, 2017 | On This Day |
Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, dies aged 59
by StuartG | Aug 23, 2017 | On This Day |
John Lennon’s murderer, Mark David Chapman, is sentenced and receives 20 years to life.
by StuartG | Jul 8, 2017 | On This Day |
Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, escapes from Wandsworth prison.
by StuartG | Jun 21, 2017 | On This Day |
Pathologists confirm remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr Josef Mengele