11 October 1643
A Parliamentarian cavalry force defeats a Royalist cavalry force in the battle of Winceby
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1643
A Parliamentarian cavalry force defeats a Royalist cavalry force in the battle of Winceby
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1531
The five Catholic cantons defeat the Protestant canton of Zurich in the battle of Kappel
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1311
The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1138
A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1976
The beginning of a 4 week stay at No.1 in the UK for Pussycat with Mississippi
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialThe barrel-vaulted choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral.
The decoration dates to restoration work carried out in 1853, but the main ceiling timbers are 14th century.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialThe Sutton Hoo purse lid which was discovered in 1939 as part of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge in Suffolk.
Dating to the early 7th century, the purse lid is now part of the collections at the British Museum.
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialAll Saints Church at Old Buckenham in Norfolk
It is one of six churches in the county with an octagonal tower.
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1980
Goldie Hawn’s comedy Private Benjamin opened.
The story of a sheltered woman who joins the Army became one of the year’s biggest box-office hits.
Hawn earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1988
U2 released Rattle and Hum, a mix of live performances and new studio recordings that topped the album charts in both the U.S. and U.K.
The album features U2 performing alongside blues legend B.B. King on When Love Comes to Town.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1980
The Elephant Man, starring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft, opened, telling the moving story of Joseph Merrick.
The film earned eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and received no competitive wins.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1997
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Boogie Nights” opened in limited release, featuring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds in a drama about the adult-film industry of the 1970s.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1986
Penny Marshall made her feature-film directorial debut with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,”.
Whoopi Goldberg stars as a bank employee drawn into a dangerous international espionage adventure.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1881
The Savoy Theatre, first British public building to be lit by electricity, opened. Its construction was financed by theatre impresario, Richard D’Oyly Carte, on the site of the old Savoy Palace as a showcase for the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1962
BBC banned The Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kickers from being played on radio or TV. It was deemed “too ghoulish”. Even so, it became a graveyard smash and a US No 1 hit.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1971
Old London Bridge reopened in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA. It was purchased by Robert P. McCulloch from the City of London, dismantled in 1967 and relocated to Arizona and rebuilt.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1918 Private Herbert Bennett (57272) 2nd Garrison Bn Northumberland Fusiliers died and was buried in Basra War Cemetery.
Herbert is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1918 Lance Sergeant Clifford Holt (3387) 2 Bn Cheshire Regiment died of wounds and was buried in Mikra British Cemetery.
Clifford is remembered on the Hazel Grove War Memorial and inside Stockport's War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1917 Corporal Thomas Astley (17810) 20 Bn Manchester Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Thomas is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social10 October 1916 Private Walter Samuel Ashmore (34760) 10 Bn Cheshire Regiment died of wounds and was buried Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension.
Walter is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
