9 December It happened today…….

1783  Newgate Prison in London sees it’s first executions.

1917  The British capture Jerusalem from the Turks.

1945  US General George Patton paralysed from neck down in a road accident.

1955  Sugar Ray Robinson beats Carl Olson to regain World Middleweight title.

1967  Nicolae Ceausescu becomes president of Romania.

1991  Bernice Abbott, american photographer, dies aged 93.