On this day in Kent
1968 People landing
Police rushed to St. Margaret's Bay after a member of the public reported people being landed from a large white yacht. But they were not…
1961 Haunted training centre
An instructor based at Sandgate's No.6 District Police Training Centre spotted a shadowy figure lurking in the corridors. Initially ridiculed, his story has been confirmed…
1958 Bypass opens
The £10,000 250yd diversion bypassing the village centre was opened at Sturry. Bridge-Blean Rural Council had struggled to establish land ownership since the village was…
1928 Death of hotel founder
William Slatter died aged 72. He had come to Canterbury to take over a baker's and confectioner's business in 1893, to which he added the…
1920 The unknown warrior
The body of the Unknown Warrior was brought into Dover by HMS Verdun on its way to Westminster Abbey for internment the next day.
1882 No schooling fine
Hannah Goodall was fined 5s for repeatedly failing to send her children to Canterbury Board School.
1877 More tomfoolery at Margate
Guy Fawkes day has become, and very sensibly so, almost a dead letter in Ramsgate, as only a few small boys now "Remember the Fifth…
1842 The Queen’s holiday
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert drove through Deal to Walmer Castle to holiday as guest of the Duke of Wellington. Residents, given the day off,…
627 Archbishop dies
Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies. He is succeeded by Honorius