Yorkshire on Tuesday 9 January 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 9 January 1659: The poet Andrew Marvell reacts tearfully to his nomination as “a fitting man to take our wishes unto parliament house” at a hustings of the “free and lightened voters” of Hull
- 9 January 1772: Civil engineer John Smeaton suggests how to avoid a water conflict between the Boroughbridge mills and the new River Ure navigation from Ripon
- 9 January 1827: Writing from Halifax, the comedian Charles Mathews longs for Leeds
- 9 January 1935: Returning from Bear Island, the trawler Edgar Wallace capsizes in the Humber at Hull, killing 15
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 08:13-16:03, zenith 12:08
- Moon: rise 06:59 set 13:10, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 08:18-16:07, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 07:05 set 13:15, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 08:21-16:02, zenith 12:11
- Moon: rise 07:11 set 13:06, waning crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 08:16-16:09, zenith 12:12
- Moon: rise 07:01 set 13:18, waning crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 08:17-16:04, zenith 12:11
- Moon: rise 07:04 set 13:11, waning crescent
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