June 15 – Bobby Fischer June 16 – On This Day (17) – The Creation of the Ford Motor Co June 17 – Brian Wilson June 18 – On This Day (18) – The First Ever Insurance Policy June 19 – Orson Welles June 20 – Poem (9) – Be Glad Your Nose Is OnContinue reading “Week Nine”
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Week Eight
May 25 – Eric Cantona May 26 – On this day (15) – The launch of Sgt Pepper May 27 – Peter Cook May 28 – On this day (16) – The first Papal visit to England May 29 – Judy Garland May 30 – Poem (8) – ‘Hope’ is the Thing With Feathers MayContinue reading “Week Eight”
Week Seven
May 18 – Julius Caesar May 19 – On this day (13) – Thomas More is made a saint May 20 – Cleopatra May 21 – On this day (14) – First solo flights across the Atlantic May 22 – Augustus May 23 – Poem (7) – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall May 24 –Continue reading “Week Seven”
Week Six
May 11 – Three great athletes May 12 – On this day (11) – The coronation of King George VI May 13 – Three great writers May 14 – On this day (12) – Edward Jenner vaccinates someone against smallpox May 15 – Three great scientists May 16 – Poem (6) – My Luve isContinue reading “Week Six”
Week Five
May 4 – Richard Burton May 5 – On this day (9) – The surrender of King Charles I May 6 – Alexander the Great May 7 – On this day (10) – Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orleans May 8 – Matt Busby, Bill Shankly and Jock Stein May 9 – PoemContinue reading “Week Five”
Week Four
April 27 – Boadicea and Hereward the Wake April 28 – On this day (7) – Muhammad Ali loses his title April 29 – Winston Churchll (1) April 30 – On this day (8) – The discovery of the electron May 1 – Winston Churchill (2) May 2 – Poem (4) – If May 3Continue reading “Week Four”
Week Three
20 April – William the Conqueror 21 April – On this day (5) – The Red Baron is shot down 22 April – Queen Elizabeth the First 23 April – On this day (6) – The launch of the ZX Spectrum 24 April – Charlie Chaplin 25 April – Poem (3) – One Perfect RoseContinue reading “Week Three”
Week Two
April 13 – Archimedes April 14 – On this day (3) – the death of Abraham Lincoln April 15 – Mozart and Beethoven April 16 – On this day (4) – Isaac Newton is knighted April 17 – Harriet Tubman April 18 – Poem (2) – The Magnificat April 19 – Story (2) – Pandora’sContinue reading “Week Two”
Week One
April 6 – Napoleon Bonaparte April 7 – On This Day (1) – The Entente Cordiale April 8 – Carol Kaye April 9 – On This Day (2) – The End of the American Civil War April 10 – Odysseus-Ulysses April 11 – Poem (1) – Ozymandias April 12 – Story (1) – The MiraculousContinue reading “Week One”
Letters to My Godson 