On this day in history ...........................
By TheBoldAge. Published 2020-12-01
BOLD-LivingTheBoldAge looks at a few events in past times
On this day.....In 1761 Madame Marie Tussaud French waxworks modeller, was born.A cut above the rest, In 1868 the capital saw the opening of London's Smithfield meat marketFord Motor Company installs the world's 1st moving assembly line for the Model T Ford'From the cradle to grave', In 1942 The Beveridge Report, written by Sir William Beveridge, proposed a welfare state for Britain, funded by a compulsory National Insurance scheme. Who doesn't love receiving a letter, In 1966 Britain issued its first special edition Christmas stamps. In 1988 Benazir Bhutto named the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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