November 6th

1528 – Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first European to set foot in Texas.

1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of America.

November 5th

1605 – The Gunpowder Plot. A conspiracy led by Robert Catesby was discovered and Guy Fawkes was found under the Houses of Parliament with gunpowder.

1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by todays act between

November 4th

1333 – The river Arno floods in Florence, Italy, causing mass damage.

1736 – Mozart’s Symphony Number 36 is performed for the first time in

November 3rd

1838 – The Times of India is circulated and becomes the world’s largest English language broadsheet newspaper.

1911 – Chevrolet enters the car manufacturing

November 2nd

1889 – North and South Dakota are declared states, becoming the 39th and 40th states respectively.

1914 – Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of

November 1st

1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine chapel is shown to the public for the first time. It had been painted by Michelangelo, and is seen as his most defining art.

1604 – Othello,

Sbread The Word

I have been known to talk a LOAF of shit at times, and my article writing skills are a little Crusty, but the world of bread isn’t exactly black and white. Nor is it brown and white. And surprisingly, I can manage to bake up half a story from this.

A Day In History

I am going to aim to post almost every day (every day but I am sure there will be some days where it is just not physically possible, but I will try) to give everyone a snippet of what happened on this day in history. Just interesting events, perhaps number 1s in the music charts too and a little bit of sport if there is anything interesting. So, 12/10 in history…

One of my stories…

It was approaching the early hours of Friday afternoon, and I still had no plans for the evening. I then received an email from FilmHouse, an independent cinema on Lothian Road. At the Freshers Fair I had signed up to a FilmHouse club members card which entitled me to half price tickets. Brilliant, I thought, I will go to the cinema.

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