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- 15 November 1972: During the public inquiry into York Council’s plans for a motorway through the city centre, a college lecturer calls for the new religion to be made tangible
- 23 December 1732: A hurricane hits the church at Hornsea (Holderness), revealing the parish clerk’s relationship with a noted smuggler along the coast
- 7 January 1974: During his trial the Pontefract architect John Poulson doubts whether entertaining (West Riding) public servants constituted corruption
- 11 March 1974: Bradford councillor and would-be property developer John Foers denies trying to “Poulson” Gary Rawnsley, chair of the planning committee
- 4 May 1818: At a Radical meeting at Lydgate (Saddleworth), Samuel Bamford proposes giving the vote to women
- 4 September 1947: Conflicting hopes for the future of the nationalised coal industry, as a wildcat strike against increased hours at Grimethorpe spreads through the South Yorkshire coalfield
- 19 June 1984: On the day after the Battle of Orgreave, the Labour MP for Doncaster North contrasts police behaviour towards striking miners under the (Conservative) Heath and Thatcher governments
- 28 February 2003: After 19 years in prison, Anthony Steel’s conviction for the 1977 Bradford murder of Carol Wilkinson is quashed due to failings by West Yorkshire Police
- 15 October 1951: On the eve of the general election, a Times leader summarises the latest Rowntree report, which details startling reductions in absolute poverty in York under the welfare state
- 14 May 1604: One of the compensatory “northern poems” registered today by Dr John Favour, Vicar of Halifax, to celebrate the union under James of Scotland and England a year ago
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