December 22nd

100 years ago today 22/12/1915: Remembering Private A Pratt 11th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

1894 – start of the Dreyfus affair with his (Alfred’s) conviction for treason

1944 – “nuts” General McAuliffe’s response on calls to surrender in Bastogne (Battle of the Bulge)

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Happy birthday

1948 – Noel Edmonds (“Saturday Morning Swap Shop”)

 

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