Mr Memory
@AmIRightSir
Politics, history, trivia
40 years ago today ‘.uk’, the internet country code top-level domain for the United Kingdom, was registered: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.uk
6 years ago today Theresa May left office and Boris Johnson became Prime Minister
The introduction of Lord Case means that all living former Cabinet Secretaries are now in the current House of Lords, comprising 6 of the 13 people who have previously held the post since its creation in 1916
Watch Simon Case, former cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, being introduced to the Lords civilserviceworld.com/news/article/w…
Michael Foot, Leader of the Labour Party 1980-83, was born on this day in 1913
Today is the 80th anniversary of the British victory parade in Berlin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Brit…
The current youngest Conservative MP, Shivani Raja (MP for Leicester East since 2024), is 31 today
Today in 1994 Tony Blair and John Prescott were elected Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party: news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d…
Then Chancellor of the Exchequer Iain Macleod died on this day in 1970 age 56, one of five postwar Cabinet Ministers to die in office
Professor and nurse Rachel Robinson, also the widow of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, is 103 today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Ro…
25 years ago today the UK version of ‘Big Brother’, hosted by @ThisisDavina, was first broadcast: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Broth…
Today in 1992 John Smith and Margaret Beckett were elected Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Labo…
70 years ago today Winterborne St Martin in Dorset recorded the UK’s highest total rainfall in a meteorological day, of 279 mm (11 inches) in a 15-hour period: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterbor…
Today is the 80th anniversary of the start of the Potsdam Conference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_C…
Edward Heath, Prime Minister 1970-74 and Leader of the Conservative Party 1965-75, died 20 years ago today age 89