On This Day In History

21st November

1974: Birmingham pub blasts kill 19. Two bombs explode in central Birmingham pubs, killing 19 and injuring over 180..

1995: Balkan leaders agree to peace. The United States brokers a peace settlement for Bosnia Herzegovina in Dayton, to be enforced by 60,000 Nato troops..

1979: Mob destroys US embassy in Pakistan. A mob in the Pakistani capital Islamabad burns the US Embassy to the ground in a five-hour attack in which a US marine is killed..

1967: Foot-and-mouth slaughter rate soars. The number of animals slaughtered in the latest epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease reaches a record high of 134,000..

1985: Superpowers aim for 'safer world'. The Geneva summit between the US and the Soviet Union ends in optimism but with no agreement on the "Star Wars" space defence system..

Quote of the Day

“ Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy ” .........Sir Winston Churchill