TheBoldAge takes a look back at what happened on this day in history
By TheBoldAge. Published 2020-12-15
BOLD-LivingDo you know what happened on this day ............?
On this day ........In 1791 US Bill of Rights was finally ratified when Virginia gave its approval. these become amendments 1-10 of the US constitution.In 1913 Suffragettes set off dynamite at Holloway Prison where Emmeline Pankhurst and Lady Constance Lytton were being held.Johnny Cash released "Folsom Prison Blues" in 1955. The last steam train rolled off the production line in Crewe in 1958. In all 7,331 units were built at the works. 1984 'Do They Know It's Christmas' by Band Aid entered the pop charts at No.1, where it stayed for 5 weeks and sold over three and a half million.In 1993 The British and Irish prime ministers John Major and Albert Reynolds signed the Joint Declaration for Peace2013 Andy Murray was awarded the BBC's Sports Personality of the YearReach for the stars, In 2015 Major Tim Peake became the first Briton aboard the International Space Station.
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