IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1880. —General Garfield elected President of the United States. 1887.—Death of .Jenny Lind, the famous soprano. 1899.—Captain Lorraine lost in balloon ascent from Lancaster Park. The balloon fell into the sea at Lyttelton Heads. 1914. —Sanguinary battle of Flanders. Germans repulsed at Yprcs with great slaughter. —November 3. — 1853. —First meeting of Nelson Provincial Council. 1857.—Great Eastern launched. 1871.—Stanley met Livingstone at tijiji. 1892.- —Great strike of cotton operatives in Lancashire: 45,000 stopped work. 1916.—Italian victory on the Carso; 9,000 prisoners taken. ■ 1918.—Austria surrendered. ■ 1933,—Reserve Bank Bill passed. British bombers attack Italian positions on Albanian border. Slow progress of Italians puzzling Balkan observers. Greek newspapers report establishment of British air and naval bases in Greek territory. R.A.F. carries out successful raid on Naples. Indications of differences among members of Vichy Government. Nazis lost 250 planes over Britain in October. Changed tactics bring great loss of prestige. Air raids create big traffic problems in London. Remarkably quick repair work.
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Evening Star, Issue 23723, 2 November 1940, Page 1
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162IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23723, 2 November 1940, Page 1
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