November 10th: On this day in history
November 10: We look back at the last 100 years, 50 years and 25 years and bring you what happened on this day in history.
November 10:
1914 – An official announcement detailing the execution by firing squad of German spy Carl Hans Lody at the Tower of London is issued
1939 – The Icelandic Government says it is happy to offer a ‘good home’ to an RAF pilot and his wife planning to intern themselves in Reykjavik until the end of the war
1964 – New PM Harold Wilson is to travel to Washington in December for talks with President Johnson accompanied by the Foreign Secretary
1989 – Graham and Angela Wall barricade themselves in a bedroom with their baby daughter at their Southend home after their Rottweiler dog ‘Rocky’ goes berserk
2004 – Tony Blair’s former butler says the Prime Minister is a ‘stickler’ for bananas, Beck’s lager and pistachio nuts
2009 – The parents of murdered British teacher Lindsay Hawker speak of their relief as her suspected killer is finally arrested in Japan