Dorothy
Started 25/9/1886, 136 years ago
Comic opera set in rural Kent in 1740. The plot surrounds the Squire's daughter, Dorothy and her cousin Lydia, who, tired of the social rounds, decide to pose as villagers during the festival of th...
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William Godfrey, Archbishop of Westminster
Born 25/9/1889, 133 years ago
Born Liverpool. Died Westminster Hospital.
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Vere Harmsworth
Born 25/9/1895, 127 years ago
One of Viscount Rothermere's three sons, of which the elder two died in WW1.
Person, War Memorial WW1, Politics & Administration
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Dr Joseph Herman Hertz
Born 25/9/1872, 150 years ago
Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. Born Slovakia, then part of Hungary. When he was aged 11 the family moved to New York. Worked for a time as a rabbi in Johannesburg. 1911 returned to New York...
Person, Religion, Hungary, South Africa, USA
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William Morris Hughes
Born 25/9/1862, 160 years ago
Prime Minister of Australia. Born in Pimlico. Migrated to Queensland in 1884. Entered politics in 1894, and served in several ministerial posts before becoming Prime Minister in 1915. Died at Lindf...
Person, Politics & Administration, Australia
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