In 1822, chemist Louis Pasteur was born.
In 1927, the musical 'Showboat' opened on New York's Broadway.
In 1929, The All-India National Congress threatened civil disobedience if independence was not granted.
From the Telegraph & Argus of December 27th, 1976...
Ilkley could become a Yorkshire Aviemore, if several residents have their way. Mr Peter Willerton, who runs Environmental Leisure Enterprises Ltd, and Mr Robinson Barnett, a prominent member of the town's Civic Society, feel that if Ilkley were designated as a sport and leisure centre, the town would become one of the biggest holiday communities in the area.
From the Telegraph & Argus of December 27th, 1951...
Readers Letter: "Please let me put in a word for the dustmen. I wonder if some of the women who grumble about Christmas boxes would like a dustman for a husband. They turn out clean in a morning but what they go home like at night is for their wives to say. They are a good mannered and cheerful lot."
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