Thursday, 29 October 2020

Today in History: 29th October

 Hello Gentle Readers, lets dip out brushes in the paint box of history and dab furiously on the canvas of time.



1618: Sir Walter Raliegh is beheaded for conspiring against King James I.

1863: The International Red Cross is founded at a meeting of 18 countries in Geneva.

1929: Black Tuesday. The Wall Street Crash starts the Great Depression.

1942: Bob Ross, artist is born.

1986: The final stretch of the M25 orbital motorway around London is opened by Margaret Thatcher 

2012: Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey.

2015: China officially ends the 'One child policy'.

#china #sandy #m25 #blacktuesday #29thoctober #todayinhistory #bobross #walterraliegh #redcross

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