26th January
Posted: 26 Jan 2015, 06:541823 The death of Edward Jenner, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine. Sometimes referred to as the 'Father of Immunology'.
1871 The Rugby Football Union was formed, in London, by an initial 20 clubs.
1885 The British commander of Khartoum, General Charles Gordon, was killed during the attack on Khartoum by troops of the Mahdi following a 10 month siege.
1908 The 1st Glasgow Boy Scout group, the first Scout group ever, was registered.
1910 Police rescued the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, from a crowd of angry Suffragettes.
1922 The birth of Michael Bentine, British comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goon Show radio show with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.
1950 India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth.
1968 The National Provincial Bank and the Westminster Bank merged to form the National Westminster (NatWest).
1982 Conservative Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher was elected in 1979.
1986 The Sunday Times and News of the World were printed at Wapping for the first time as the nation's presses moved away from Fleet Street.
1994 A protester fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, as he prepared to speak at an Australia Day rally in Sydney.
2014 The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was named Honorary Australian of the Year for displaying 'archetypal Aussie characteristics in abundance'.
1871 The Rugby Football Union was formed, in London, by an initial 20 clubs.
1885 The British commander of Khartoum, General Charles Gordon, was killed during the attack on Khartoum by troops of the Mahdi following a 10 month siege.
1908 The 1st Glasgow Boy Scout group, the first Scout group ever, was registered.
1910 Police rescued the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, from a crowd of angry Suffragettes.
1922 The birth of Michael Bentine, British comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goon Show radio show with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.
1950 India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth.
1968 The National Provincial Bank and the Westminster Bank merged to form the National Westminster (NatWest).
1982 Conservative Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher was elected in 1979.
1986 The Sunday Times and News of the World were printed at Wapping for the first time as the nation's presses moved away from Fleet Street.
1994 A protester fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, as he prepared to speak at an Australia Day rally in Sydney.
2014 The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was named Honorary Australian of the Year for displaying 'archetypal Aussie characteristics in abundance'.