5th March 1133

5th March 1133

On This Day… 5th March 133 King Henry II Born   King of England 1154–89. Born in France, son of Empress Matilda. The first of the Plantagenets monarchs. First friend and then murderer of Thomas Becket. Father of Richard I and King John – for a modern take...
4th March 1933

4th March 1933

On This Day… 4th March 1933 John W. Mills Born   Sculptor. Born London. Has also designed a number of British coins.   Cockney Cabbies One Big City, Three London Cabbies and the Rest Is History #london #history #tours #guides #cabbies #taxis #londontaxis...
3rd March 1953

3rd March 1953

On This Day… 3erd March 1943 Bethnal Green WW2 Disaster   The worst civilian disaster of WW2. 173 men, women and children lost their lives as they went down into Bethnal Green underground air raid shelter in response to a siren. They died not from a bomb but...
2nd March 1830

2nd March 1830

On This Day… 2nd March 1830 Samuel Beeton Born   Publisher and journalist. Born 39 Milk Street, Cheapside. At the age of twenty-one, he set up a publishing partnership which immediately had the opportunity to publish ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ by the...