In 41 AD, Roman emperor Caligula was murdered by one of his guards.
In 1616, Dutch navigator Willem Schouten rounded the southern tip of the Americas naming it 'Cape Hoorn' after his birthplace.
In 1935, canned beer was sold for the first time in the USA.
From the Telegraph & Argus of January 24th, 1978...
Red Flu will probably come to Bradford some time this winter, Bradford's medical officer for environmental health, Dr. George Bell says. The infection has returned to Britain after a 20 year absence, affecting about 300 children and adults on a U.S. Air Force base in Oxfordshire. Dr. Bell said it was a case of wait and see but all the signs indicated that it would spread rapidly through the rest of the country.
From the Telegraph & Argus of January 24th, 1953...
Is Bradford Moor Golf Course to be turned into a municipal course next year? This question has arisen following a statement by Ald. J. Foster, after yesterday's meeting of the Bradford Parks Committee, that they were delaying a decision about renewing the lease of the course for the time being, "with a suggestion that we may make it a municipal golf course". The course is owned by the Corporation and leased to Bradford Moor Golf Club, who have applied for a renewal of lease from 1 February, 1954 (this proposal was not carried through).
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