on this day...

1581 Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I
1721 Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the UK
1918 the 'Second Battle of the Somme' ends
1949 12 nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty, forming NATO
1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated


2009 I had a lovely walk in the sun and took this photo.

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