On this day ......

[MassRuss]

December 29, 1170 - Thomas Beckett assassinated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket

 

[MassRuss]

December 30, 1460 - Wars of the Roses - Battle of Wakefield. Margaret of Anjou & the Lancastrian Armies defeat the Yorkists, killing Richard, Duke of York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wakefield

 

[Pickwick]

December 30 1066 Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.

 

[dynk]

December 30, 1955 my youngest Brother was born. RIP

 

[MassRuss]

December 31, 1948 - Birth of singer Donna Summer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer

 

[Pickwick]

December 31 1876 death of Catherine Labouré, French saint. I chose her only because her name sounds like "the drunk one" in French which is funny for a saint woman... And she is believed to have seen the Virgin Marie two times which is even funnier...

 

[unloadonme]

1 January 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

 

[MassRuss]

January 1, 1735 - Birth of American Revolutionary Paul Revere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

 

[unloadonme]

1 January 1766 – Death of James Francis Edward Stuart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Francis_Edward_Stuart

 

[unloadonme]

2 January 1861 – Death of King Frederick William IV of Prussia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia

 

[MassRuss]

January 2, 1727 - Birth of British Major General James Wolfe, victor over the French @ the Battle of Quebec. He was killed in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wolfe

 

[unloadonme]

2 January 1981 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sutcliffe

 

[unloadonme]

3 January 1962 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII

 

[MassRuss]

January 3, 1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X

(January = Excommunication Month!!)

 

[unloadonme]

4 January 1931 – Death of Louise, Princess Royal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise,_Princess_Royal

 

[unloadonme]

5 January 1066 – Death of King Edward the Confessor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor

 

[MassRuss]

January 5, 1919 - The German Worker's Party is founded in Munich. It became the Nazi Party

Hitler's membership card (1920). It was forged to make it seem as if he was member #7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Workers'_Party

 

[unloadonme]

6 January 1919 – Death of Theodore Roosevelt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

 

[MassRuss]

January 7, 1796 - Birth of Princess Charlotte of Wales, daughter of George IV

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales

 

[unloadonme]

7 January 1845 – Birth of King Ludwig III of Bavaria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_III_of_Bavaria