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The History Chap
On This Day In History
11th October 1899
The Second Anglo-Boer War started.
https://youtu.be/u1JAVnchZQI
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
8th September 1944
First V2 rocket hit London.
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
7th October 1813
The Battle of Bidassoa
Arthur Wellesley leads a joint British-Spanish army to victory over the French during the Peninsular War.
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
5th October 1930
British Airship R101 crashed on her maiden flight to India.
48 of the 54 people aboard were killed.
https://youtu.be/sD_Km7oO4pk
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
5th October 1919
Actor, Donald Pleasence was born.
Donald Pleasence, who starred in "The Great Escape" was actually a WW2 Prisoner of War (POW).
He later found fame as Bond villain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and as Dr. Loomis in the cult horror film “Halloween".
https://youtu.be/b36Y8m0x9qU
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
4th October 1920
Tommy MacPherson (the “kilted killer”) was born.
Tommy Macpherson, the "kilted killer" was a 24-year of British commando operating behind enemy lines during World War 2.
https://youtu.be/XqurXyeq3Ak
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
2nd October 1901
The Royal navy launched it's first submarine - HMS Holland 1
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
29th September 1759
Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson was born.
Britain’s greatest naval commander, Nelson was born at Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk.
https://youtu.be/oaUeMXwP-74
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
29th September 1725
Robert Clive ("Clive of India") was born.
Born in Shropshire, England, Robert Clive was The East India Company’s first governor of Bengal, victor at the battle of Plassey and arguably the founder of the British Empire in India.
Yet he is also a highly controversial figure, not just now but in his own day too. Accused of accumulating huge personal wealth whilst presiding over a system that ruined the Bengal economy and cost the lives of millions in a famine.
British cartoonists called him Lord Vulture and he was forced to defend himself in front a parliamentary committee.
https://youtu.be/2GE-pxsdKBs
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The History Chap
On This Day In History
27th September 1940
The “Battle” of Graveney Marsh
Was this the last battle fought on British soil?
https://youtu.be/TwO5-VBPMns
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