100 years ago today 20/12/1915: Remembering Private Walter William Whittaker 1st/7th Bn. Helles MemoriaL, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

also today…

69AD – Vespasian enters Rome as emporer (have you read the excellent books by Robert Fabbri?)

1924 – Adolf Hiler gets out of prison after Beer Hall Putsch (mmmm I wonder how that will turn out)

happy birthday…

1894 – Robert Menzies (former PM of Australia)

1901 – Robert J Van de Graff (he of the generator)

1926 – Geoffrey Howe (former UK MP)

1946 – Uri Geller (the spoon bender)

1946 – John Spencer (Leo Mcgarry in “West Wing”)

1952 – Jenny Agutter (I tell you, the films I watched her in were wonderful)

1957 – Billy Bragg

and we lost…

1937 – Erich Ludendorff (German WW1 general)

1996 – Carl Sagan (astronomer)