In some Anglo-Saxon calendars, 7 November is known as 'Winter's Day' - the first day of winter.
Fact of the Day
Quote of the Day
"They have done for me at last, Hardy.
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~ Nelson, at the Battle of Trafalgar
On This Day
1286 Alexander III of Scotland died of a broken neck after falling from his horse in the dark and tumbling down a hill.
1649 The House of Commons passed an Act abolishing the House of Lords. They called it 'useless and dangerous to the people of England'.
1932 The world's tallest steel arch bridge, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, was opened.
1945 Hitler issued his Nero Decree, a scorched earth policy that aimed to destroy all German infrastructure to prevent its use by the advancing Allies.