HMS Sheffield On this day forty years ago, the Class 42 Destroyer HMS Sheffield, part of the Falklands Task force, was attacked by two Argentine Super Etandard aircraft firing Exocet missiles. One of the missiles struck the ship in the galley area, causing the deaths of twenty members of the Ship’s company; twenty six others […]
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The Acts of Union 1st May 1707 The Acts of Union took effect on 1 May 1707. On this date, the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament united to form the Parliament of Great Britain based in the Palace of Westminster in London, the home of the English Parliament. Hence, the acts are referred to as the […]
Order of the Garter King Edward III founded the Order of the Garter around the time of his claim to the French throne. The traditional year of foundation is usually given as 1348 (when it was formally proclaimed). However, The Complete Peerage, under ”The Founders of the Order”, states the order was first instituted on 23rd April […]
RMS Titanic sank On this day in history the RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at around 23:40 (ship's time) on Sunday, […]
Birth date - Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes (English Catholic Conspirator) was born in 1570. Guy is infamous for trying to blow up the English Parliament - with King James I in it. He is now the 'guy' that is burned on bonfires in England on 5th November. The Gunpowder Plot The tradition of Guy Fawkes-related […]
Titanic - Maiden Voyage Maiden Voyage - The Titanic sailed out of Southampton, England, on its maiden and only voyage on April 10th, 1912. Construction of the ship began two years earlier in Belfast, Ireland and was completed March 31st, 1912. Days after setting sail, on April 15th, 1912, the Titanic sank after colliding with an […]
SS Canberra sails 9th April 1982 at 2015hrs, SS Canberra slips her moorings as the band on the quayside strike up Rod Stewart’s, ‘ We Are Sailing’. SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland […]
07-12-1917 The United States of America enter World War I On this day 07-12-1917 On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well […]
Julius Caesar - Murder On this day in history 44BC - Julius Caesar is stabbed to death.By the time of his assassination on 15 March (the Ides of March), Julius Caesar was at the height of his power, having recently been declared dictator perpetuo (‘dictator in perpetuity’) by the Roman Senate. This kind of power made many […]
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