The Willows Monthly Sparkle
The Reminiscence and Activities Newspaper
TM
August 2011
TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IN HISTORY
On 14th August 1969, the British Government sent troops into Northern Ireland. There had been three days and two nights of violence in the Bogside area of Londonderry. There had also been trouble in Belfast and other towns.
On 15th August 1950, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh had their second child. Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise was born at Clarence House.
The British Home Secretary, James Callaghan was in a plane on his way to a meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson when he received a radio-phone message asking for the troops to be sent to Ireland. The soldiers were mainly from the 1st Battalion of the Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment from Yorkshire.
Now, as well as being a hardworking member of the royal family, Princess Anne is respected for her success as a horsewoman. When she was 21 she won a title at the European Eventing Championship. In 1971 she was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She competed in the Olympic Games in 1976 as a member of the British equestrian team.
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