Sunday, 31 December 2017

Today in History 31st December

Well Gentle Reader, lets see out the old and ring in the new. I want to wish all of you, wherever you are, a happy new year. May 2018 bring you all you wish for.


1600: The British East India company is given its charter by Elizabeth I.


1720: Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender is born.



1759: Arthur Guiness brews the stout that still bears his name for the first time.


1857: Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town to become thecapiral city of Canada.


1937: Oscar winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is born.


1977: South Korean Singer and producer Psy is born.


1999: Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia. He is succeeded by Vladimir Putin.


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