…in 1914, the RMS Titanic left Queenstown and set sail across the Atlantic to New York. Below is the very last photo ever taken of her, by Mr John Morrogh at Red Bay, Crosshaven.
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… in 1886, Siegfried Sassoon was born. Sassoon was a British author and poet famous for his anti-war writing post World War One.
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…in 1666, the Great Fire of London began. It originated at Thomas Farriner’s bakery in Pudding Lane in the early hours of the morning. It raged for four days and devastated the city.
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… in 1939, Hitler’s armies invaded Poland, officially starting the Second World War.
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…in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the American Constitution was officially ratified, giving women the right to vote.
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…in 1847, Charlotte Brontë sent a manuscript of Jane Eyre to her publisher in London. Due to the misogyny of the time, Charlotte wrote under the pseudonym ‘Currer Bell,’ so that her work would be taken more seriously. Her sisters, Emily and Anne, did the same, writing as ‘Ellis Bell’ and ‘Acton Bell’.
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…in 1692, five people were hanged in Salem, Massachussetts after being convicted of witchcraft. Fourteen more were executed for the crime that year, and a further 150 were imprisoned.
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… in 1977, Elvis Presley died of a heart attack in his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.
RIP the King of Rock and Roll.
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…in 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies, marking the end of the Second World War. Known as VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day), today is the 70th Anniversary.
Never Before Seen Photo of Tower Bridge being Built
A wealth of previously unseen photos from the Francis Frith Collection have been uploaded to the website Ancestry.com, including this beautiful image of Tower Bridge being constructed in 1890. Francis Frith was an English photographer, born in 1822.
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