September 2nd in History
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2nd September1666 The Great Fire of London began in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane, and rapidly spread throughout the city, destroying most of London's buildings and houses. Although 13,000 buildings were destroyed in the four-day blaze only six people died.
1685 The beheading of Lady Alice Lisle, the last woman to have been executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England. She was tried by Judge Jeffreys at the opening of the Bloody Assizes at Winchester and was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
1752 The Julian calendar was used in Britain and the Colonies 'officially' for the last time, almost two centuries after most of Western Europe had adopted the Gregorian calendar. As in the rest of Europe, the following day in Britain became 14th September.
1969 The first episode of the popular British comedy series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” airs on television.
1980 John Arlott, cricket commentator, retired at Lord's after 35 years of broadcasting for the BBC.
[media=https://youtu.be/OM70EdfXxQI?si=8cnouNBMKSPYmCtp]
‘ And After Trevor Bailey it’ll be Christopher Martin-Jenkins’
2nd September1666 The Great Fire of London began in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane, and rapidly spread throughout the city, destroying most of London's buildings and houses. Although 13,000 buildings were destroyed in the four-day blaze only six people died.
1685 The beheading of Lady Alice Lisle, the last woman to have been executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England. She was tried by Judge Jeffreys at the opening of the Bloody Assizes at Winchester and was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
1752 The Julian calendar was used in Britain and the Colonies 'officially' for the last time, almost two centuries after most of Western Europe had adopted the Gregorian calendar. As in the rest of Europe, the following day in Britain became 14th September.
1969 The first episode of the popular British comedy series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” airs on television.
1980 John Arlott, cricket commentator, retired at Lord's after 35 years of broadcasting for the BBC.
[media=https://youtu.be/OM70EdfXxQI?si=8cnouNBMKSPYmCtp]
‘ And After Trevor Bailey it’ll be Christopher Martin-Jenkins’
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