Lancastrian

Of, or a follower of, the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses; or someone/thing from Lancashire.

Fact of the Day

American president Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed to be descended from William the Conqueror.

Quote of the Day

"If your estate be not sufficient for you; be sufficient for your estate. "

~ Henry Slingsby's advice to his second son while awaiting his execution,1652

On This Day

43 BCE The assassination of Cicero, requested by Marc Antony. When his head was delivered to Anthony, his wife, Fulvia, spat on it and jabbed hairpins into his tongue.

1732 The Theatre Royal, now known as the Covent Garden Opera House, opened with a performance of the Beggar's Opera.

1787 Delaware became the first state of the modern United States.

1817 Rear-Admiral William Bligh died. He had been captain of HMS Bounty during the mutiny.

1941 The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American naval base a Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, killing 2,403.

1982 Charles Brooks Jr became the first person to be executed by lethal injection, with a huge dose of 'truth serum'