December 23rd in History
December 23rd
1651 Jan van Riebeeck departs for Cape of Good Hope to found 1st permanent European settlement.
1715 Swedish troops occupy Norway
1834 English architect Joseph Hansom, who designed the Town Hall at Lutterworth, Leicestershire patented the horse drawn taxi, known as the Hansom Cab. He went on to sell the patent to a company for £10,000 but the sum was never paid. The first Hansom Cab travelled down Hinckley's Coventry Road in 1835. They were exported worldwide and became a feature of the 19th-century street scene.
1888 The birth, in Hull, of the film magnate J. Arthur Rank. He was founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc. 1905 The earliest recorded British beauty show was held at Newcastle Upon Tyne, in north-east England.
1970 The Mousetrap reached its 7511th consecutive performance to break the world record for the longest running play.
1972 - John Lennon's film Imagine premiered on national TV
1987 The first ‘Scrooge’ award by the Low Pay Unit was made to a Wiltshire stable-owner who paid a qualified groom only £28 a week. The runner-up was a doctor employing a telephonist for 30p an hour. The prize was a copy of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
1651 Jan van Riebeeck departs for Cape of Good Hope to found 1st permanent European settlement.
1715 Swedish troops occupy Norway
1834 English architect Joseph Hansom, who designed the Town Hall at Lutterworth, Leicestershire patented the horse drawn taxi, known as the Hansom Cab. He went on to sell the patent to a company for £10,000 but the sum was never paid. The first Hansom Cab travelled down Hinckley's Coventry Road in 1835. They were exported worldwide and became a feature of the 19th-century street scene.
1888 The birth, in Hull, of the film magnate J. Arthur Rank. He was founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc. 1905 The earliest recorded British beauty show was held at Newcastle Upon Tyne, in north-east England.
1970 The Mousetrap reached its 7511th consecutive performance to break the world record for the longest running play.
1972 - John Lennon's film Imagine premiered on national TV
1987 The first ‘Scrooge’ award by the Low Pay Unit was made to a Wiltshire stable-owner who paid a qualified groom only £28 a week. The runner-up was a doctor employing a telephonist for 30p an hour. The prize was a copy of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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