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Churchill was born
His Father was Lord Randolph Churchill, and His Mother was Jennie Jerome who was born in New York in Ameica. He was born in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, United Kingdom. His full name is Winston Leonard Spencer- Churchill. He was born 2 months pre-mature, his mother slipped and fell at a shootng party and 2 days later went into labor on a carriage ride then the rushed back to the palace were he was later born a few hours later. -
Mark Twain published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The novel was published in the United Kingdom, and it is known as one of the greatest american novels. The book is known for its colorful descriptions of people and places along the mississippi river, it is set in the southern antebellum society that had existed 20 years before the book was published. -
the first victim of the murderer called "Jack the Ripper" was discovered in London.
Jack the ripper was an unidentified serial killer, who killed countless numbers of women. His 1st discoverd victim was Mary Ann Nichols. Mary Ann was found in Whitechapel, London. Jack the Ripper had eleven known victims, its nearly impossible to tell the actual number of victims he had murdered. -
Graduated Royal Military College
As a boy Winston rebelled against learning and refused to study what did not interest him, for the four and a half years he was at the bottom of his form at Harrow (Secondary School.) Only one thing seemed to engage him – playing in his room with battalions of toy soldiers, manoeuvering them, and making cavalry charges. Once he was of age he attened Sandhurst Royal Military Academy where he he entered at the bottom of his class yet finished eighth out of 150. -
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Officer in the military
As a young army officer, he saw action in British India, The Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He gained fame as a war correspondent and wrote books about his campaigns. He had been a war reporter too, he had been kidnapped at one point aswell. -
He became the Under-Secretary of State at the Conel Office
This was his 1st position in a political office, he was the chief assistant that was responspible for conel affairs worldwide. He took numerous positions after that such as first lord of amarlty during WWI which was in charge of the Navy. He was eventually the prime minister -
He married Clementine Hozier
they had 5 children together Diana, Randolph, Sarah, Marigold and Mary and were married until Winston's death at the age of 90. Clementine was the daugher of Sir Henry and Lady Blanche Hozier. She had out lived Winston by 13 years and died at 92 due to a heart attack -
elected the First Lord of Authority
He elected this positon and made him in charge of the Royal British Navy, during WWI, he had been denoted soon after he was elected due to the Gallipoli disaster. -
RMS Titanic sinks
the british passanger sank, that sank in North American Ocean after colliding with an iceberg during its first voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of more than 1,500 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service. There was later a romantic movie mad based on the titanic. -
World War 1 began
was a global war centred in Europe. from the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II in 1939, it was called simply the World War or the Great War, and thereafter the First World War or World War I. In America, it was initially called the European War. More than 9 million combatants were killed during that war. -
Churchill was given the position of Secretary of State for War and Air
which put him incontrol of bringing british soldier home,His first challenge was demobilisation. He inherited a scheme whereby those men required most for industry would be sent home first. In practise this meant that those who had served in the forces the shortest were being released from the forces first. Soldiers rioted, at one time burning Luton Town Hall. Churchill scrapped the system, instead releasing those who had served longest first -
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
after several delays due to bad weather, Amelia Earhart flew in a plane named Friendship with co-pilots Wilmer "Bill" Stultz and Louis "Slim" Gordon. The plane landed at Burry Port, South Wales, with just a small amount of fuel left. -
Nazi Germany attacked France and Churchill was asked to become Prime Minister.
joining forces with both the United States and with the Soviet Union, Churchill not only saved Britain, but helped save all of Europe from the domination of Nazi Germany and the other members of the "axis" -
Churchill gave his "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat" speech in the House of Commons.
This speech was just the first of many morale boosting speeches made by Churchill to inspire the British to keep fighting against a seemingly invincible enemy. when Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and met his Cabinet he told them that "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." He repeated that phrase later in the day when he asked the House of Commons for a vote of confidence in his new all-party government -
Churchill, age 70, resigned as Prime Minister.
forced to resign as British prime minister following his party's electoral defeat by the Labour Party. It was the first general election held in Britain in more than a decade. The same day, Clement Attlee, the Labour leader, was sworn in as the new British leader -
Queen Elizabeth II conferred on Churchill the dignity of Knighthood
The queen had knighted in Blenheim Palace (Which was also his birth place) becuase of his numerous efforts throughout his life for his country and for guiding Great Britian and their allies through the crisis in WWII, -
Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first tim
born January 8, 1935 and died August 16, 1977 elvis was an American singer, musician, and actor. One of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or "the King" In 1958, he was drafted into military service, and He resumed his recording career two years later, producing some of his most commercially successful work before devoting much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and their accompanying soundtrack albums. -
honorary citizenship of the United States which President Kennedy conferred on him
Among the other countless honours and decorations he received. Winston was the only personto hold this title other than Marquis de LaFayette. But LaFayette had only been a citizen is Virginia and Maryland and Churchill had whole citizenship -
Winston Churchill died
London, United Kingdom due to a stroke. He leaves behind his wife Clementine, daughter Diana, her 3 children Julian, Edwina, and Celia, daughter Mary and her 5 children Authur, Emma, Jeremy, Charlotte, and Rupert, Son Randolph and his 2 children Winston and Arabella, and numerous great grandchildren, nieces, nephews,