Yorkshire on Monday 15 April 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 15 April 1729: John Hobson of Dodworth Green (Barnsley), pessimist, believes he is about to die
- 15 April 1779: The actor John Kemble asks a society girl to be quiet during a death scene at York and is hounded by the North Riding Militia
- 15 April 1924: Writing to The Lancet, Clifford Allbutt tells how a nursing hack eliminated (typhoid) thromboses in the Leeds fever hospital in the 1860s
- 15 April 1985: Hervey Rhodes tells his fellow-lords how, on the abolition of the Ridings in 1974, Saddleworth was lost to Greater Manchester
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 05:57-20:04, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 03:46 rise 10:05, first quarter
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 06:02-20:09, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 03:51 rise 10:10, first quarter
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:59-20:10, zenith 13:04
- Moon: set 03:57 rise 10:02, first quarter
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 06:02-20:08, zenith 13:05
- Moon: set 03:47 rise 10:13, first quarter
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 06:00-20:08, zenith 13:04
- Moon: set 03:51 rise 10:06, first quarter
Red-letter days and other special events:
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