Interesting Facts

6th May 1536 – King Henry VIII ordered English language Bibles be placed in every church. 1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp was introduced for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1882 – Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish were stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin. 1889 – The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris. 1910 – George V became King upon the death of his father, Edward VII. 1937 – The German Zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people were killed. 1940 – John Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath. 1954 – Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. 1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady were sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England. 1994 – The Channel Tunnel (aka the Chunnel)...

10th January 1920 - The Treaty of Versailles came into effect, officially ending World War I. 1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis was released in Germany. 1954 - Thirty-five people died, after a BOAC Comet jet airliner crashed into the Mediterranean off the Italian island of Elba. 1957 - Harold Macmillan officially became prime minister following the sudden resignation of Sir Anthony Eden. 2016 - Starman David Bowie died.