Bramall Hall is a Tudor mansion in Bramhall, within the Metropolitan
Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Dating to Saxon
times, the manor of Bramall was first described in the Domesday Book in
1086. It was first held by the Masseys, then from the late 14th century
by the Davenports, a wealthy family and a significant landowner in the
north-west of England. The Davenports built the present house, and
remained lords of the manor for about 500 years before selling the
house to the Nevill family. It was subsequently purchased by John Henry
Davies, and then acquired by the local council. Bramall Hall is owned
by the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, who describe it as "the
most prestigious and historically significant building in the
Conservation Area". It is a timber-framed manor house surrounded by
70 acres (28 ha) of landscaped parkland featuring lakes, woodland, and
gardens; its oak timber framing was originally infilled by wattle and
daub. The oldest parts of the house date from the 14th century, with
later additions from the 16th and 19th centuries. The house and grounds
are open to the public, and the house functions as a museum where
special events are held throughout the year.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
The North Carolina General Assembly chartered the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, currently the oldest public university in the
United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill>
1886:
Dial Square, a football club from Woolwich, London that would
eventually become known as Arsenal F.C., played their first match,
winning 6–0 against Eastern Wanderers on an open field in the Isle of
Dogs.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Arsenal_F.C._%281886%E2%80%931966%29>
1936:
Facing increased opposition to his plans to marry twice-divorced
American socialite Wallis Simpson, Edward VIII abdicated the throne,
becoming the only British monarch to voluntarily do so.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII_abdication_crisis>
1946:
The United Nations General Assembly created UNICEF, originally to help
provide emergency food and health care to children in countries that
had been devastated by World War II.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICEF>
2006:
The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the
Holocaust opened in Tehran "to provide an appropriate scientific
atmosphere for scholars to offer their opinions in freedom about a
historical issue", but was criticised worldwide as a "meeting of
Holocaust deniers".
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Conference_to_Review_the_Global_Vision_of_the_Holocaust>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
undownable (adj):
1. Undeniably important; describing that which cannot be played down or
ignored.
2. Invincible; describing that which cannot be brought down or
overcome
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/undownable>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in
possession of it, seems to me the deepest root of all that is evil in
the world.
--Max Born
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Born>