Author: Margaret Roberts

20th  Born in America  in 1886, John Jacob Astor came to England as a 5 year old child and became...

13th On this day in 1905 James J Jeffries retired as boxing champion.  Today in 1909 saw the very...

6th America’s best known horse race, the Kentucky Derby, was first run in 1875.  The event is...

29th On this day in 1879 Sir Thomas Beecham, founder of the London Philharmonic was born. The...

22nd  Georg Lurich, Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century was born...