Bruce Castle is a Grade I listed 16th-century manor house in Lordship
Lane, Tottenham, London. It is named after the House of Bruce who
formerly owned the land on which it is built. Believed to lie on the
site of an earlier building, about which little is known, the current
house is one of the oldest surviving English brick houses. It was
remodelled in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The house has been
home to Sir William Compton, Richard Sackville, the Barons Coleraine
and Sir Rowland Hill, among others. After serving as a school during
the 19th century, when a large extension was built to the west, it was
converted into a museum exploring the history of the areas which
constitute the present London Borough of Haringey and the history of
the postal service. The building also houses the archives of the London
Borough of Haringey. Since 1892 the grounds have been a public park,
Tottenham's oldest.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
626:
Forces led by Li Shimin, a son of Emperor Gaozu of Tang China, ambushed
and killed his rival brothers Li Jiancheng, the Crown Prince, and Li
Yuanji at the imperial palace in Chang'an.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_at_Xuanwu_Gate>
1644:
The combined forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English
Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor,
one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, near York.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor>
1937:
Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared
over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational
flight.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart>
1964:
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, outlawing
segregation in schools, public places, and employment by circumventing
limitations imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Civil Rights
Cases.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964>
1997:
The Thai baht rapidly lost half of its value, marking the beginning of
the Asian Financial Crisis.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Asian_Financial_Crisis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
whodunit (n):
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a
detective solves clues to determine the perpetrator
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whodunit>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There are gains for all our losses,
There are balms for all our pain:
But when youth, the dream,
departs,
It takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again.
--Richard Henry Stoddard
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Henry_Stoddard>
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