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Billy Butlin was the ultimate showman. His dream of providing affordable holiday entertainment for the British public saw his business grow from a single fairground stall to a national holiday camp and hotel empire. Continue reading 12 June 1980: Death of Billy Butlin, Holiday Camp Founder The first thirteen articles in my Kings and Queens of England series have been moved to pages on this site from their old home at Triond. Continue reading Kings and Queens of England Articles Moved Nicolas Fouquet Nicolas Fouquet was born in Paris on 27 January 1615, the son of a royal administrator and shipowner. His family’s wealth enabled him to purchase several posts in the government of Louis XIV. Fouquet was a supporter of Cardinal Mazarin and gained through him two posts that increased his wealth and Continue reading 23 March 1680: Death of Nicolas Fouquet, French Minister Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat was born on 22 March 1910 in Liverpool, England, the fourth child of Keith and Ada Monsarrat. His birth certificate records his surname as Montserrat as this was his mother’s preferred spelling of the name. Monsarrat referred to his time at school, first at St Christopher’s School for Boys in Continue reading 22 March 1910: Birth of Nicholas Monsarrat, British Novelist On 21 March 1960 in the township of Sharpeville, South Africa, 69 black men, women and children were shot dead when police officers opened fire on unarmed demonstrators. The shootings shocked the world and were condemned by the United Nations, but none of the police officers involved have ever been convicted of an offence Continue reading 21 March 1960: The Sharpeville Massacre At noon on Easter Sunday, 29 March 1964, a new radio station started broadcasting from an old Danish ferry (renamed the MV Caroline) anchored in international waters three miles from the Suffolk coast. The first song played, Not Fade Away by the Rolling Stones, was dedicated to the station’s founder, Ronan O’Rahilly. Several months Continue reading 20 March 1980: The Sinking of Radio Caroline Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on 1 September 1875 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the son of George and Mary Burroughs. He was educated at various schools, moving around to avoid outbreaks of disease. In 1891, at the age of fifteen, Burroughs spent six months in Idaho on the cattle ranch Continue reading 19 March 1950: Death of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American Novelist When the Belgian people voted in a referendum on the return of their king in March 1950 he had been in exile in Switzerland for five years. The question of King Leopold III’s return to Belgium had remained unanswered since the end of the Second World War and a settlement of the matter was Continue reading 18 March 1950: Collapse of the Belgian Government Captain Lawrence Oates Lawrence Edward Grace Oates was born on 17 March 1880 at Putney, London, one of the four children of William and Caroline Oates. He was privately educated after ill health cut short his attendance at Eton College after two years. Oates joined the 3rd West Yorkshire (militia) regiment in 1898 Continue reading 17 March 1880: Birth of Lawrence Oates, British Explorer On the night of 16 March 1190, the Jewish feast of Shabbat ha-Gadol, 150 men, women and children died at the royal castle at York, where Clifford’s Tower now stands. Many died following a mass-suicide and the rest at the hands of a mob waiting outside. Jewish communities had been established in London in Continue reading 16 March 1190: The Massacre of the Jews of York |
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