31st October
Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 08:341795 - The birth of John Keats, English Romantic poet
1828 - The birth of Sir Joseph Swan, English chemist and inventor.
1888 - Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop patented pnuematic bicycle tyres.
1915 - For the first time in WW1 British troops wore steel helmets.
1940 - The Battle of Britain ended.
1941 - A fire in a clothing factory in Huddersfield, Yorkshire kiiled 49.
1955 - Princess Margaret called off plans to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend
1964 -The Windmill Theatre off London's Picadilly Circus finally closed after 32 years. Their slogan "We never closed" was a tribute to them staying open during WW2.
1982 - The Thames Barrier, part of London's Flood defences, was raised for the first time.
1828 - The birth of Sir Joseph Swan, English chemist and inventor.
1888 - Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop patented pnuematic bicycle tyres.
1915 - For the first time in WW1 British troops wore steel helmets.
1940 - The Battle of Britain ended.
1941 - A fire in a clothing factory in Huddersfield, Yorkshire kiiled 49.
1955 - Princess Margaret called off plans to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend
1964 -The Windmill Theatre off London's Picadilly Circus finally closed after 32 years. Their slogan "We never closed" was a tribute to them staying open during WW2.
1982 - The Thames Barrier, part of London's Flood defences, was raised for the first time.