He was to become one of Scotland’s greatest portrait painters.
On this day, 13th of October in 1713, Allan Ramsay was born.
Dr Albert Sabin and the Oral Polio Vaccine
On this day, 6th of October 1956 Dr Albert Sabin discovered the oral polio vaccine.
The ‘Annie Jane’
On this day , 29th of September 1853, the ‘Annie Jane’ was wrecked close to Vatersay, Outer Hebrides.
An Edict by the King of Prussia, 22 September 1773
Benjamin Franklin,published a hoax letter criticising Britain’s colonial policies in the American colonies.
Poetry Corner: The Cloud of Fate
On the 15th of September 1830 the first passenger died as a result of a railway train incident.
Poetry Corner: Leavin’ On Your Mind
On 8th of September 1932 Patsy Cline, country singer, was born in Winchester Virginia, USA.
Poetry Corner: Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon
On the 1st of September 1914 The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
Poetry Corner: Will ye go to Sheriffmuir
On 18 August 1746 Arthur Elphinstone, Lord Balmerino, the Jacobite noble, was executed.
Poetry Corner: Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
On 4th of August 1901 Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Poetry Corner: Waverley – “”She wadna hae a Lowland laird”
On this day 7th of July in 1814 the novel ‘Waverley’, by Sir Walter Scott, was published.
