October 7th in History
October 7th
1915 English nurse Edith Cavell is sentenced to death along with 34 others by a German court-martial for running an underground network to free Allied soldiers.
1816 First double-decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans.
1950 US forces invade North Korea by crossing 38th parallel.
For action on 7th-8th October 1918, John (Jack) Henry Williams, was awarded the Victoria Cross. He is the most decorated Welsh non-commissioned officer of all time.
Williams was born in Nantyglo, Monmouthshire in 1886 and in November 1914, he gave up his work as a colliery blacksmith, to enlist in the 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderer. He was promoted to Sergeant in January 1915.
1946 The BBC presented its first edition of Woman's Hour, a daily programme of music, advice and entertainment for those in the home. The programme included an item on how to de-slime your flannels (!) and also broadcast the first episode of the thriller serial 'Dick Barton, Special Agent'.
2013 Buckingham Palace held its first official football match to mark the Football Association's 150th anniversary. The competitive fixture was the idea of FA president Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. London side Civil Service FC, the only surviving team of 11 that formed the FA on 26th October 1863, lost 2-1 against Polytechnic FC, set up in 1875.
At half-time, palace footmen and women - wearing waistcoats and tail-coats - carried water, orange slices and chocolate bars on silver-plated platters onto the pitch for the players.
7 Oct 1967
Cass Elliot from The Mamas & the Papas spent the night in a London jail after being accused of stealing from a hotel. A TV and concert appearance had to be cancelled.
7 Oct 1976
John Lennon was awarded his ‘Green Card’ - permanent residency status, at a hearing in New York which overturned previous efforts by the US Government to deport him. The three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals ruled that his 1968 arrest in Britain for possession of marijuana was "contrary to US ideas of due process and was invalid as a means of banishing the former Beatle from America."
1915 English nurse Edith Cavell is sentenced to death along with 34 others by a German court-martial for running an underground network to free Allied soldiers.
1816 First double-decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans.
1950 US forces invade North Korea by crossing 38th parallel.
For action on 7th-8th October 1918, John (Jack) Henry Williams, was awarded the Victoria Cross. He is the most decorated Welsh non-commissioned officer of all time.
Williams was born in Nantyglo, Monmouthshire in 1886 and in November 1914, he gave up his work as a colliery blacksmith, to enlist in the 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderer. He was promoted to Sergeant in January 1915.
1946 The BBC presented its first edition of Woman's Hour, a daily programme of music, advice and entertainment for those in the home. The programme included an item on how to de-slime your flannels (!) and also broadcast the first episode of the thriller serial 'Dick Barton, Special Agent'.
2013 Buckingham Palace held its first official football match to mark the Football Association's 150th anniversary. The competitive fixture was the idea of FA president Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. London side Civil Service FC, the only surviving team of 11 that formed the FA on 26th October 1863, lost 2-1 against Polytechnic FC, set up in 1875.
At half-time, palace footmen and women - wearing waistcoats and tail-coats - carried water, orange slices and chocolate bars on silver-plated platters onto the pitch for the players.
7 Oct 1967
Cass Elliot from The Mamas & the Papas spent the night in a London jail after being accused of stealing from a hotel. A TV and concert appearance had to be cancelled.
7 Oct 1976
John Lennon was awarded his ‘Green Card’ - permanent residency status, at a hearing in New York which overturned previous efforts by the US Government to deport him. The three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals ruled that his 1968 arrest in Britain for possession of marijuana was "contrary to US ideas of due process and was invalid as a means of banishing the former Beatle from America."
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