Todays History

A collapsed mine in  Blantyre, Scotland kills 207 miners.

Today is the day that Marty McFly arrived in the future

RMS Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic) is launched from in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Napoleon Bonaparte gets his worse defeat as the Battle of Leipzig ends.

The Danes overcome the Saxons in the Battle of Assandun.

Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.

‘The Bill’ debuts on ITV. It eventually becomes the longest running police drama in British television history.

The infamous “From Hell” letter that was sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

Nazi Germany pulls out of the League of Nations.

The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier.