11th September

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1297 Scottish hero William Wallace defeated the English at Stirling Bridge. Wallace's statement before the battle was - 'We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free.'

1777 American troops led by George Washington were defeated by the British at the Battle of Brandywine Creek, in the American War of Independence.

1836 Register Office marriages were introduced in Britain.

1841 The London to Brighton commuter express train began regular service, taking just 105 minutes.

1879 260 miners died in an explosion at the Prince of Wales Colliery, at Abercare, Wales.

1885 D H Lawrence, controversial English author of Sons and Lovers, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover, was born.

1895 The prestigious FA Cup trophy was stolen from football outfitters William Shillock of Birmingham. 68 years later an 83 year old man confessed he'd melted it down to make counterfeit halfcrown coins.

1915 The opening of Britain’s first Women’s Institute at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey, Wales. (Llanfair PG sign)

1950 Barry Sheene, British racing motor cyclist was born.

1962 The Beatles completed the recording of their first single 'Love Me Do' at the Abbey Road Studios in north London.

1968 The housing charity, Shelter, said up to three million people in Britain were living in damp, overcrowded slum conditions.

1987 Four men were arrested on charges of plotting to steal a dolphin worth £25,000 from the Marineland Oceanarium in Morecambe, Lancashire.

1997 In a national referendum on devolution, the people of Scotland voted 'Yes' to creating their own Parliament, for the first time in more than 300 years.

2012 25 year old tennis player Andy Murray finally emulated Fred Perry's 1936 achievement and became the first British player to win the US Open in 76 years when he beat Novak Djokovic. Murray also reached the 2012 Wimbledon final and won Olympic gold in the same year.

[Rosalind]

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[JaneJ]

Also it is my mum's birthday today so even more special!!  gpr

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