Saturday 16 December 2017

This Week in History





The week beginning 16 December has some interesting events/people:

Births – Catherine of Aragon, Beethoven,  Jane Austen, Noel Coward, John Kirwan (JK), Pope Francis, Paul Klee, Betty Grable, Brad Pitt, Martin Luther King, Edith Piaf, Jane Fonda, Chris Evert, Robin & Maurice Gibb,

Events – The Battle of the Bulge began, the Boston Tea Party, Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector, Mt Vesuvius erupted, Don McClean's American Pie released, Pan Am Lockerbie bombing,

I couldn't find any notable deaths…

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