Add Your Piece of History… 3rd May

On this day in 1979. Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first female prime minister. She was prime minister from 1979 – 1990.

On this day in 1968. The first heart transplant in Britain is successfully carried out by a team of 18 doctors and nurses at the National heart Hospital in Marylebone, London.

Please feel free to add your piece of history (something personal or just general history).

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Add Your Piece of History… 25th May

On this day in 1967. John Lennon’s psychedelic Rolls Royce was delivered. The Rolls Royce caused an uproar, including the Rolls Royce company raising a formal complaint. John Lennon had bought the car new from Rolls Royce in 1965 and become bored with the colour so had a psychedelic paint job. The car was sold […]