This weekend marks the seventieth anniversary of Stalin’s mass deportation of Ukrainians to Siberia. In the west of the country entire villages were cleared of ethnic Ukrainians. In just one day over 76 000 people were deported.
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On this day…
On this day: the Sydney Hailstorm
A major hailstorm hit Sydney, Australia on the 1st of January 1947. It was the worst storm to hit the city since records began in 1792.
On this day…
On this day: A Royal Wedding
The future Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh were married in Westminster Abbey in London on the 20th of November, 1947. The wedding took place at 11:30am.
British designer Norman Hartnell created the dress, which was bought with ration coupons, as rationing was still in place following the Second World War.
On this day: London in 1947
18 December 1947, a Norwegian Christmas tree arrived for the first time in London, to be placed in the middle of Trafalgar Square.
On this day: Al Capone dies
Capone circa 1935
On the 25th of January 1947 infamous American gangster Al Capone died of cardiac arrest following a stroke.
Capone’s death certificate
I’ve always known about this, as this is the day my father was born, and when he was younger he thought it was very cool it happened on the same day (like a typical little boy who liked playing cops and robbers!).
Though he was known for his crimes, to some he was viewed as a modern-day Robin Hood who helped the poor. However, he did spend time in Alcatraz, the notorious US prison.
