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Saturday 6th December 1 to 4pm Parwich
Guizers at various locations in Buxton |
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Today is · Independence Day in Finland · Constitution Day in Spain · National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
Religious · Feast days: St Nicholas, bishop of Myra, Santa Claus (Fourth Century); St. Aemilianus, martyr (Fifth Century); and Abraham of Kratia, abbot and bishop (died 558)
Births & Deaths · Birthdays: King Henry VI of England (1421); Dion Fortune (1890); Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892); Ira Gershwin (1896); Babyface Nelson (1908); and Jo-Beth Williams (1948) · Deaths: Saint Nicholas (343); and Anthony Trollope (1882)
What happened today · Charles Edward Stewart and the Jacobite Army retreated from Derby (1745). · First edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland 1768) · The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery (1865) · Thomas Edison demonstrates the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' (1877) · London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs (1897) · The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives (1921) · One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State (Éire) comes into existence (1922) · Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans (1963) · Royal approval for oil drilling at Windsor Castle (1994) · NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars (2006)
Find more events at - http://www.indopedia.org/Historical_anniversaries.html |
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