Todays History

The “Hollywood Ten” are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios during the ‘Red Scare’

The English army defeats the Scots (Battle of Solway Moss)

The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from prison.

17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.

The third session of the Roman Catholic Church’s ecumenical council closes.

Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, which badly damages the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.

Pelé scores his 1,000th goal in football

31 people die in a fire at the city’s busiest underground station, King’s Cross St Pancras, London

The Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia with a student demonstration in Prague being quelled by riot police. This eventually sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing…

Battle of Schöngrabern. The Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat.