In 1881, Victoria married the future King Gustaf V of Sweden. The couple had three children, including King Gustaf VI Adolf, who married Princess Margaret of Connaught and Lady Louise Mountbatten. When her husband became king, Victoria took part in all the court festivities and responsibilities o...
In 1879, Albert Einstein, who would revolutionize physics and the human understanding of the universe, was born in Ulm, Germany. In 1887, the worst train accident in Massachusetts history occurred just south of the Forest Hills Station when a section of the Bussey Bridge collapsed, sending a ...
Rock History July 16 1965, The Who play the Cheltenham Festival in Gloucestersire, England, along with The Yardbirds, Shades of Blue and The Hellions. It is one of the oldest music festivals in Britain, held annually in Cheltenham in June/July since 1945. 1966,Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and...
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E-bike rider seriously injured after colliding with car in Gloucester Township A collision between a cyclist and a car in Gloucester Township, New Jersey, led to major road closures Saturday morning, police said. May 3 Broad Street Run is today in Philly. What to know about SEPTA, traffic ...
Fergus Butler-Gallie| Published inHistory TodayVolume 72 Issue 6 June 2022 Chichester Cathedral by Joseph Francis Gilbert, c.1833. Yale Center for British Art. 1904 was a big year for H.D.M. Spence, the Dean of Gloucester. It marked the mid-point of his campaign against the composer Edwa...
situations. In 1895 he amazed an array of bewildered policemen in Gloucester, Massachusetts by easily slipping out of one set of handcuffs after another. A visit to the New Brunswick Provincial Lunatic Asylum introduced him to the world of straitjackets – and how to leave them in under a ...
In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is "overjoyed" at the arrival of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history. The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male Abrazzo, the zoo's two oldest residents. Apr 5 00:50 Galapagos tortoises at Philly ...
Byline: Colm KEYS Chief Sports WriterTHE scent of victory is in the air for Gloucester and no one wants to miss it.One couple, so desperate to be in Thomond Park today for what could be a bit of history, have even thrown open their home to Irish pilgrims during Cheltenham week in ...
The Salmon of Knowledge (Irish: An Bradán Feasa) is a creature in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, sometimes identified with Fintan mac Bóchra, who was known as “The Wise” and was once transformed into a salmon. In Norse mythology, the Poetic Mead or Mead of Poetry, also known ...