January 4th – Birthdays and Events
2017 - The last ABC cinema closed its doors. The Bournemouth cinema (which opened in June 1937) had only kept its name by a quirk of positioning in the town. It closed with a final screening of ‘Back to the Future’, which was chosen by its audience.
January 3rd – Birthdays and Events
2014 - Along the whole of Wales’ coastline dozens of roads were closed and the rail network was also badly affected as storm surges brought flooding chaos around Wales’ coast.
January 2nd – Birthdays and Events
1982 - Erica Rowe became the first sports ‘streaker’ when she ran across the Twickenham ground at the England v Australia rugby match waving her bra in the air.
January 1st – Birthdays and Events
2013 - Phil Taylor claims his 16th and last PDC World Darts Championship title with a 7–4 victory over Dutchman Michael van Gerwen.
December 31st – Birthdays and Events
1759 - Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and started brewing Guinness at the St. James’s Gate Brewery, Dublin. Ten years later Guinness exported his ale for the first time, when six and a half barrels were shipped to Britain.
December 30th – Birthdays and Events
1999 - George Harrison is stabbed in the chest when an intruder breaks into his home in Henley-on-Thames. Wife Olivia fights the attacker off by hitting him over the head with a lamp.
December 29th – Birthdays and Events
2013 - A painting bought for £400 and featured on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow was revealed to be a Van Dyck portrait worth about £400,000.
December 28th – Birthdays and Events
1915 - The British Cabinet decides to institute compulsory military service, with single men to be conscripted before married ones.
December 27th – Birthdays and Events
1977 - Thousands of people flocked to UK cinemas to watch the long-awaited blockbuster, Star Wars.