Yorkshire on Tuesday 2 July 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 2 July 1644: Henry Slingsby of the Royalist York garrison recounts Prince Rupert’s defeat at Marston Moor today, which ends Charles I’s hopes in the north
- 2 July 1829: An elderly postman and a one-legged Waterloo veteran set out in ironed clogs to walk from Hebden Bridge to Heptonstall during a thunderstorm
- 2 July 1916: Sam Cooper of Sheffield and the 7th East Yorkshire Regiment takes a branch from Fricourt Wood on the second day of the Battle of the Somme
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 04:34-21:36, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 01:24 set 18:37, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 04:38-21:41, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 01:29 set 18:43, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 04:32-21:45, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 01:24 set 18:47, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 04:41-21:39, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 01:31 set 18:40, waning crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 04:35-21:41, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 01:26 set 18:42, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
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