In 1886, Lord R. Churchill visited Bradford.

In 1954, an attempt to assassinate Egypt's General Abdel Nasser failed.

In 1956, the Hungarian uprising against Soviet rule was put down.

From the Telegraph & Argus of October 26th, 1977...

The computer age in which we live forever seems to be coming up with time-saving ways of handling the chores which go hand in glove with running a business. Now a York company is to hold a seminar in Leeds to discuss its range of computerised book-keeping packages which, it claims, will cut book-keeping time by 80 per cent immediately the system is implemented.

From the Telegraph & Argus of October 26th, 1952...

Because 13,086 "clocks" were not put back when summer time ended, Bradford's gaslit streets will be dark an hour earlier than usual for a few days. By the end of this week, the automatic timing clocks on each of the city's 13,086 gas lamps will have been put back, and instead of dimming about 10.30 pm they will burn until their usual time of 11.30 pm More than 90 men will work this week to turn back the clocks.