July 27th in History
July 27th
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On 27th July 1469, following the Battle of Edgcote Moor, near Banbury, during the Wars of the Roses, William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and his brother Richard were executed. William Herbert had been the guardian of the young Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII, between the ages of 5 and 12.
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1566 Tribunal convicts Agnes Waterhouse of witchcraft and sentences her to be the first British woman executed for the crime (Chelmsford, England)
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1586 Walter Raleigh brings the first tobacco to England from Virginia
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1837 US Mint opens in Charlotte, North Carolina
1839 Chartist riots break out in Birmingham, England
1844 Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, North Carolina
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1865 Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1866 First transatlantic telegraph cable comes ashore at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, after being laid out 1,686 miles by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern steamship.
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1941 German army enters Ukraine.
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27 Jul 1958
Fan's of rock & roll music were warned that tuning into music on the car radio could cost you more money. Researchers from the Esso gas company said the rhythm of rock & roll could cause the driver to be foot heavy on the pedal, making them waste fuel.
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On 27th July 1946, the cause of an outbreak of typhoid in Aberystwyth was traced to locally-made ice cream. During the outbreak, up to 210 people contracted the disease and four died.
The outbreak ruined the town's attempt to re-establish itself after the war as a viable holiday destination. At the time, one national newspaper carried the banner headline “Typhoid Town” above a story covering the infection, and the resulting bad national publicity reduced the number of visitors to Aberystwyth that summer and the following year.
The disease was found to have originated from a Bitchell’s ice cream cart; it appears that Bitchell’s power supply failed and they were unable to heat up the cream properly before freezing it.
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27th July 1967 is a significant and vitally important date in the history of the Welsh language. As on this day, The Welsh Language Act 1967 was passed and became law. It was based upon part of the Hughes Parry Report (1965), which 'advocated equal importance and significance, in both writing and speech, for Welsh and English in the court system' and was the beginning of a process of replacing out of date legislation that dated back to Henry VIII and the Acts of Union in 1536. It had been passed only after extensive campaigning by members of Plaid Cymru and Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society)
* The act gave the right to use Welsh orally in court proceedings in Wales provided that the person who wishes to do so has notified the court in advance
* The act allowed the appropriate and relevant government ministers to authorise Welsh versions or translations of any documents.
* The act repealed the part of the Wales and Berwick Act of 1746 that stated that the term English should be used to include Wales as well as England.
* The significance of the 1967 Welsh Language Act lay in the fact that only English was used in the law courts, disregarding the fact that most people in Wales in the 16th and 17th centuries spoke only Welsh. Very few had any real understanding of English. The new act put Welsh on equal terms with English in public life.
However, some campaigners saw it as toothless and continued a pro-active campaign of protest, eventually leading to a new Welsh Language Act in 1993, which gave much more importance to the Welsh language. Significantly, however, it could not have been passed had it not been for the 1967 act.
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27 Jul 1974
Wings started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Band On The Run. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles 'Jet' and 'Band on the Run', such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the UK and Australia; in addition to revitalising McCartney's critical standing, It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works.
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On 27th July 1469, following the Battle of Edgcote Moor, near Banbury, during the Wars of the Roses, William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and his brother Richard were executed. William Herbert had been the guardian of the young Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII, between the ages of 5 and 12.
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1566 Tribunal convicts Agnes Waterhouse of witchcraft and sentences her to be the first British woman executed for the crime (Chelmsford, England)
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1586 Walter Raleigh brings the first tobacco to England from Virginia
….
1837 US Mint opens in Charlotte, North Carolina
1839 Chartist riots break out in Birmingham, England
1844 Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, North Carolina
….
1865 Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1866 First transatlantic telegraph cable comes ashore at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, after being laid out 1,686 miles by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern steamship.
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1941 German army enters Ukraine.
..
27 Jul 1958
Fan's of rock & roll music were warned that tuning into music on the car radio could cost you more money. Researchers from the Esso gas company said the rhythm of rock & roll could cause the driver to be foot heavy on the pedal, making them waste fuel.
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On 27th July 1946, the cause of an outbreak of typhoid in Aberystwyth was traced to locally-made ice cream. During the outbreak, up to 210 people contracted the disease and four died.
The outbreak ruined the town's attempt to re-establish itself after the war as a viable holiday destination. At the time, one national newspaper carried the banner headline “Typhoid Town” above a story covering the infection, and the resulting bad national publicity reduced the number of visitors to Aberystwyth that summer and the following year.
The disease was found to have originated from a Bitchell’s ice cream cart; it appears that Bitchell’s power supply failed and they were unable to heat up the cream properly before freezing it.
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27th July 1967 is a significant and vitally important date in the history of the Welsh language. As on this day, The Welsh Language Act 1967 was passed and became law. It was based upon part of the Hughes Parry Report (1965), which 'advocated equal importance and significance, in both writing and speech, for Welsh and English in the court system' and was the beginning of a process of replacing out of date legislation that dated back to Henry VIII and the Acts of Union in 1536. It had been passed only after extensive campaigning by members of Plaid Cymru and Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society)
* The act gave the right to use Welsh orally in court proceedings in Wales provided that the person who wishes to do so has notified the court in advance
* The act allowed the appropriate and relevant government ministers to authorise Welsh versions or translations of any documents.
* The act repealed the part of the Wales and Berwick Act of 1746 that stated that the term English should be used to include Wales as well as England.
* The significance of the 1967 Welsh Language Act lay in the fact that only English was used in the law courts, disregarding the fact that most people in Wales in the 16th and 17th centuries spoke only Welsh. Very few had any real understanding of English. The new act put Welsh on equal terms with English in public life.
However, some campaigners saw it as toothless and continued a pro-active campaign of protest, eventually leading to a new Welsh Language Act in 1993, which gave much more importance to the Welsh language. Significantly, however, it could not have been passed had it not been for the 1967 act.
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27 Jul 1974
Wings started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Band On The Run. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles 'Jet' and 'Band on the Run', such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the UK and Australia; in addition to revitalising McCartney's critical standing, It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works.
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