Hi all , as time began events happen all time , some get forgotten and some are remembered here are a few moments in time that happened today.
In 1882 Jesse James was killed by Robert Ford who shot him , while Jesse James was dusting a picture in his home !
1043 Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England , when he died it was Harold Godwinson who took over.
Knight's Templar's the second council of Vienna was suppressed in 1312, it was The Pope who gave the order to the cardinal's for approval the papal bull ( a public decree ) to suppress The Templar's.
Emmeline Pankhurst was sentenced for three years in prison in 1913 she was a British suffragette ,the same year the government passed the" Cat and Mouse " act as people went on hunger strikes whilst in prison.Prisoners who went on hunger strike's were released , then when strong again , there were re arrested.
In 1657 Oliver Cromwell refuses the crown because he would face a army revolt if he accepted also he did not want people to think he was taking the crown for his own ambition.
Great Britain in 1925 goes back to gold standard having been abolished in 1931 , but then restored under Winston Churchill.
Miriam Hargrave in 1970 passes her drivers test on the 40th attempt -only in England !
In 1868 a person from Hawaiian surfs a 50 foot tidal wave.
Martin Luther King Jr made his " I've been to the mountain top " speech, sadly the next day he was assassinated.
In 1973 a Mr Francis W Dorion got a patent for a dual razor blade.
Washington Irving was born today in 1783 he wrote The legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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