October 13th – On This Day
1996 - British racing driver Damon Hill, won his first and only Formula 1 World Championship driving for Williams at the Suzuka GP in Japan.
October 12th – On This Day
1969 - The opening of Preston Bus Station, one of the largest in Western Europe. Threatened with demolition since the year 2000, campaigns and applications were made numerous times to save the building.
October 11th – On This Day
2023 - Wild beavers are reintroduced to Ealing, London, from Scotland after being absent from the city for 400 years.
October 10th – On This Day
1903 – Emmeline Pankhurst (pictured center) and several colleagues founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), an organisation open only to women and focused on direct action to win the vote.
October 9th – On This Day
1991 - The first sumo tournament held outside of Japan began at the Royal Albert Hall. The Grand Sumo Tournament was the first of its kind in the sport's 1,500-year history to be staged off Japanese soil.
October 8th – On This Day
1990 - Women were first officially deployed to sea in the Royal Navy when 20 Wrens officers and ratings joined the Type 22 frigate HMS Brilliant.
October 7th – On This Day
1946 - The BBC presented its first edition of Woman’s Hour, a daily programme of music, advice and entertainment for those in the home. The programme included an item on how to de-slime your flannels!
October 6th – On This Day
1997 – British astronaut, Michael Foale, returned safely to earth aboard the space shuttle 'Atlantis' after four and a half months on 'MIR', the Russian space station.
October 5th – On This Day
1936 - The start of the ‘Jarrow March’. Around 200 unemployed shipyard workers from Jarrow in north east England began walking to London to protest about the lack of jobs. The protestors arrived on 31st October.