November 3rd…..in History
November 3rd
1534 England's Parliament met and passed an Act of Supremacy which made King Henry VIII head of the English church, a role formerly held by the Pope. Many refused to accept the decision and between May 1535 and August 1540 eighteen Carthusian monks were executed for refusing to acknowledge the king as the head of the Church of England. Nine were starved to death in Newgate Prison, seven were hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn and two were executed in York.
1579 Francis Drake arrives at Ternate in the East Indies and makes a trade treaty with the Sultan of Ternate, buys a cargo of cloves.
1783 The highwayman John Austin was the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
1813 US troops under General Coffee annihilate the Red Stick Creek Indian village at Tallasseehatchee, Alabama.
1843 The statue of English Admiral Horatio Nelson was raised to the top of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London. The operation was completed on the 4th when the statue’s two sections were assembled.
1914 First modern elastic brassiere is patented by New York socialite Caresse Crosby.
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The Citadel (first screened on 3rd November 1938)
This was a polished and ambitious pre-war film set in Wales, directed by King Vidor. The Citadel was adapted from a novel by former GP and medical inspector of mines, AJ Cronin, and foreshadows the creation of the National Health Service by Nye Bevan ten years later under the Labour Government.
The convincing central narrative features the moral dilemmas facing a young Scottish doctor, played by Robert Donat, whose idealism is tested during the Depression in South Wales. The story reflects the experiences of its author, who was himself a Scot, and who worked as a GP in Nye Bevan's own constituency of Tredegar. Cronin is best remembered for the TV dramatisation of his story series Dr, Finlay's Casebook.
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The Esso Oil Refinery at Milford Haven was opened on 3rd November 1960 and heralded the start of Milford Haven's association with the petrochemical industry.
3 Nov 1964
During a Rolling Stones North American tour a 17 year-old Stones fan fell from the balcony during a gig in Cleveland, Ohio. The Mayor of Ohio banned all future pop concerts, saying; "Such groups do not add to the community's culture or entertainment."
3 Nov 1967
The filming for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour was completed finishing with a sequence at Ringo's country house in Weybridge, Surrey.
BBC television bought the rights to broadcast the film twice, the first broadcast, in black-and-white was scheduled for December 26, 1967. The second showing, on the color channel BBC2, not yet available to all Britons, was set for January 5, 1968.
I remember seeing the first broadcast.
1534 England's Parliament met and passed an Act of Supremacy which made King Henry VIII head of the English church, a role formerly held by the Pope. Many refused to accept the decision and between May 1535 and August 1540 eighteen Carthusian monks were executed for refusing to acknowledge the king as the head of the Church of England. Nine were starved to death in Newgate Prison, seven were hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn and two were executed in York.
1579 Francis Drake arrives at Ternate in the East Indies and makes a trade treaty with the Sultan of Ternate, buys a cargo of cloves.
1783 The highwayman John Austin was the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
1813 US troops under General Coffee annihilate the Red Stick Creek Indian village at Tallasseehatchee, Alabama.
1843 The statue of English Admiral Horatio Nelson was raised to the top of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London. The operation was completed on the 4th when the statue’s two sections were assembled.
1914 First modern elastic brassiere is patented by New York socialite Caresse Crosby.
..
The Citadel (first screened on 3rd November 1938)
This was a polished and ambitious pre-war film set in Wales, directed by King Vidor. The Citadel was adapted from a novel by former GP and medical inspector of mines, AJ Cronin, and foreshadows the creation of the National Health Service by Nye Bevan ten years later under the Labour Government.
The convincing central narrative features the moral dilemmas facing a young Scottish doctor, played by Robert Donat, whose idealism is tested during the Depression in South Wales. The story reflects the experiences of its author, who was himself a Scot, and who worked as a GP in Nye Bevan's own constituency of Tredegar. Cronin is best remembered for the TV dramatisation of his story series Dr, Finlay's Casebook.
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The Esso Oil Refinery at Milford Haven was opened on 3rd November 1960 and heralded the start of Milford Haven's association with the petrochemical industry.
3 Nov 1964
During a Rolling Stones North American tour a 17 year-old Stones fan fell from the balcony during a gig in Cleveland, Ohio. The Mayor of Ohio banned all future pop concerts, saying; "Such groups do not add to the community's culture or entertainment."
3 Nov 1967
The filming for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour was completed finishing with a sequence at Ringo's country house in Weybridge, Surrey.
BBC television bought the rights to broadcast the film twice, the first broadcast, in black-and-white was scheduled for December 26, 1967. The second showing, on the color channel BBC2, not yet available to all Britons, was set for January 5, 1968.
I remember seeing the first broadcast.
61-69, M
