This Day

[Hedgehog]

1919: Nancy Astor becomes the first female MP to take her seat in parliament.
1942: The British government unveils plans for a post-war welfare state in the Beveridge Report.
1955: Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat for a white passenger in Alabama.


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[Bootie]

Thanks for these Ted.. your little daily tit bits are good reading.

 

[Padre19]

The national holiday of Romania, the Great Union Day ,occurring on December 1, commemorates this event. The holiday was set after the 1989 Romanian Revolution, and marks the unification not only of Transylvania, but also of the provinces of Banat, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom, in 1918, the Union of Transylvania with Romania being the last event, sealing the unification of the country.

Happy Birthday Romania !