Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
1943 Actor and comedian Carl Reiner (21) weds singer Estelle Lebost (29)
Carl Reiner
December in History
!['Good Sport' in The Trenches]()
'Good Sport' in The Trenches
Prime Minister's son, Raymond Asquith tells his wife of life and death on the battlefront in World War I on this day in 1915.
December 21, 1915![Business a Rocky Road for Hansom Cab Pioneer]()
Business a Rocky Road for Hansom Cab Pioneer
Architect and inventor Joseph Hansom was a man of vision who somehow found it impossible to turn his great ideas into money-making ventures.
December 23, 1834![The Day Murdoch Spoilt the Queen's Christmas]()
The Day Murdoch Spoilt the Queen's Christmas
Queen Elizabeth II made the first live Christmas Day broadcast of her reign on December 25, 1952. Forty years later a pre-recorded message would be leaked.
December 25, 1952!['Hitler Will Have to Break Us or Lose the War']()
'Hitler Will Have to Break Us or Lose the War'
The German Luftwaffe were hammering the British RAF until a furious and frustrated Hitler changed the plan and possibly the outcome of the war.
December 29, 1940
