December 29th in History
December 29th
1566
Danish student and future astronomer Tycho Brache loses part of his nose in a sword duel over who is the better mathematician (he wore a prosthetic nose the rest of his life)
1170 Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas à Becket, was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights, believing they were acting on direct orders from King Henry II. The disgraced knights and their families did a number of penances, one of which was to build a Chantry chapel in the centre of Watchet and the building of St Decuman’s Church , which Richard Brito and Reginald FitzUrse then gave to Wells Cathedral. Their families went on to give land to atone for their relations’ evil deed.
1675 Parliament ordered the closing of all coffee houses on the basis that they were centres of malicious gossip about the Government.
1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented in Winthrop, Maine
1950Long queues appeared at garages and motorists tore their ration books into confetti after the end to petrol rationing.
1969Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono staged a public 'bed in' for world peace - staying in bed for a week in a hotel in Montreal.
1989The BBC broadcast the 10,000th episode of the daily radio serial The Archers.
Still going and I’m still listening.
1566
Danish student and future astronomer Tycho Brache loses part of his nose in a sword duel over who is the better mathematician (he wore a prosthetic nose the rest of his life)
1170 Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas à Becket, was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights, believing they were acting on direct orders from King Henry II. The disgraced knights and their families did a number of penances, one of which was to build a Chantry chapel in the centre of Watchet and the building of St Decuman’s Church , which Richard Brito and Reginald FitzUrse then gave to Wells Cathedral. Their families went on to give land to atone for their relations’ evil deed.
1675 Parliament ordered the closing of all coffee houses on the basis that they were centres of malicious gossip about the Government.
1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented in Winthrop, Maine
1950Long queues appeared at garages and motorists tore their ration books into confetti after the end to petrol rationing.
1969Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono staged a public 'bed in' for world peace - staying in bed for a week in a hotel in Montreal.
1989The BBC broadcast the 10,000th episode of the daily radio serial The Archers.
Still going and I’m still listening.
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