1874 flood
Started 30/3/1874, 146 years ago
From Environment Agency: “In 1874, the tide in the Thames rose 4 feet 3½ inches above Trinity mark, and inundated the south bank of the river along Lambeth, Bankside, and Rotherhithe, and even as ...
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E. H. Gombrich
Born 30/3/1909, 111 years ago
Art historian. Born Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich in Vienna, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. He fled to Britain, after his first book 'A Little History of the World' was banned by the Nazi Part...
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Leslie T. Healey
Born 30/3/1909, 111 years ago
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman Leslie Thomas Healey was born...
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Melanie Klein
Born 30/3/1882, 138 years ago
Psychoanalyst and pioneer of child analysis. Born with the surname Reizes in Vienna. Her 1903 marriage to Arthur Klein led to the end of her education, 3 children, frequent home moves and divorce...
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Shyamji Krishna Varma
Died 30/3/1930, 90 years ago
Born Gujarat, India. Revolutionary, lawyer, journalist. In 1877 he received the title of 'pandit', a Sanskrit scholar, and came to Oxford for a few years. Returned to India, studied law and develop...
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, India
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