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Born on the 24th of October 1930...
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OTD in 1946 the National Coal Board is formed.
βEvery year nearly two-hundred million tons of coal are mined.β
Words: I & J Havenhand
Artist: John Berry
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #15July #Coal #Miner #NCB
15.07.2025 10:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
OTD in 1766 the Grand Union Canal is officially opened.
βAt its height, there were over 6,000 miles of navigable rivers and canals covering the length and breadth of the country.β
Words: Carolyn Hutchings
Artist: Roger Hall
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #14July #Canal
Woody Guthrie was born on the 14th of July 1912...
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Happening this evening at the Swan in Clewer...
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OTD in 1794 Horatio Nelson is injured during the Siege of Calvi.
βIt was whilst in command of the βAgamemnonβ that Nelson lost the sight of an eye.β
Artist: John Kenney
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #12July #Nelson
On the 12th of July 1958, the Quarry Men recorded Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day". Not sure what happened to them after that...
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On the 9th of July 1978, The Cure played their first gig, at The Rocket in their hometown of Crawley...
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OTD in 1772 a Hampshire XI beats an England XI by 53 runs at Broadhalfpenny Down in Hambledon, Hampshire.
βAt this time, for every run that a batsman made, a notch was cut in a stick.β
Words: Vera Southgate
Artist: Jack Matthew
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #24June #Cricket
OTD in 1804 Smithson Tennant documents his discovery of Iridium to the Royal Society.
βIridium is the densest of all metals β¦ it is a silvery-white metal β¦ a small cube would outweigh a large elephant.β
Words: W Murray
Artist: F Humphris
(c)Wills & Hepworth Ltd
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #21Jun #Iridium
"(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais" was the first original song to directly combine rock with reggae.
It was released on the 16th of June 1978...
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is the fifth studio album by David Bowie, released on the 16th of June 1972 in the United Kingdom, through RCA Records...
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OTD in 1903 Henry Ford founds his motor company in Detroit.
βHe had a gang of men who fitted together each part of a car. Then the men moved on to another car.β
Words: I & J Havenhand
Artist: John Berry
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #16June #Ford
15.06.2025 09:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Unknown Pleasure was released on the 15th of June 1979...
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OTD in 1215 King John agrees the Magna Carta.
βJohn is remembered in our history as the king who was forced by the barons to affix his seal to Magna Charta.β
Artist: Frank Hampson
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #15June #MagnaCarta
OTD in 1919 John Alcock & Arthur Whitten-Brown begin a flight across the Atlantic.
βThey took off from St Johnβs Newfoundland β¦ and landed safely in a bog in Ireland 16 hours and 12 minutes [later].β
Words: Richard Bowood
Artist: Robert Ayton
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #14June
On 13th June 1944, the first V1 flying bomb, or 'doodlebug', landed in England.
Hitler's ''secret weapon'' hit a house in Southampton, killing three people...
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OTD in 1842 Queen Victoria travels in a train for the first time.
βTo everyoneβs relief it was learned that Her Majesty had enjoyed the journey and expressed herself quite charmed with it.β
Words: Richard Bowood
Artist: Robert Ayton
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #13June #Victoria
On 12th June 1941, Reg Presley (lead singer for The Troggs) is born Reginald Maurice Ball in Andover, Hampshire, England...
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OTD in 1599 Shakespeareβs Globe Theatre opens.
βBuilt like the courtyards of the inns but without the inns. The design of theatres today is still based on the inn courtyards of hundreds of years ago.β
Artist: Martin Aitchison
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #12June #ShakespearesGlobe
11.06.2025 17:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Wat Tyler led the peasant's revolt on the 11th of June 1381...
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John Constable was born on the 11th of June 1776...
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"Rock the Casbah" was released on the 11th of June 1982...
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OTD in 1895 the first motor race took place between Paris and Bordeaux (and return).
βThe race was won by a Panhard-Levassor car which covered the 732 miles in 48 hours at an average speed of 15 mph.β
Words: David Carey
Artist: Robert Ayton
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #11June
OTD in 1864 overarm bowling in cricket is legalised.
In 1807 Christiana Willes βwas trying to bowl for her brother β¦ her crinoline stopped her arm swinging forward β¦ now all bowlers bowl over-arm.β
Words: Vera Southgate
Artist: Jack Matthew
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #10June
On the 10th of June 1977, Joe Strummer and Topper Headon from The Clash were each fined Β£5 by a London court for spray-painting The Clash on a hotel wall...
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OTD in 1865 a train derails at Staplehurst, Kent with Charles Dickens on board.
βHe was injured, but many passengers were killed or seriously hurt. Dickens worked alongside the rescuers for many hours.β
Artist: John Kenney
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #9June #Dickens #Staplehurst
