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11 December 1987 Auction of Charlie Chaplin cane, bowler hat and boots at Christies
At an auction at Christies, Chaplin’s bowler hat and cane sold for £82500 and the boots for £38500.
2 November It happened today…….
1899 The siege of Ladysmith in Natal begins. 1903 The Daily Mirror newspaper published for the first time in Great Britain. 1917 The so called “Balfour Declaration” made by British Government. 1920...
1 November It happened today…….
1793 Lord George Gordon dies in Newgate Prison. He had stirred up the so called “Gordon Riots” of 1790. 1814 The European Congress opens in Vienna. 1922 The first radio licences go...
9 October It Happened Today
1835 Birth of French composer Camille Saint-Saens. 1908 Birth of French actor and director Jacques Tati. 1940 Birth of former Beatle John Lennon. 1963 A landslide damages the Vajont Dam in the Italian Alps...
