Today's selected anniversaries: 30th October 2022

Today's selected anniversaries: 30th October 2022

1863:

Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece (pictured).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece

1888:

King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudd_Concession

1960:

At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Woodruff

1966:

Singaporean leftist opposition leader Chia Thye Poh was detained under the Internal Security Act, which allows for preventive detention, and held for 32 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Security_Act_%28Singapore%29


1863:

Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece (pictured).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece

1888:

King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudd_Concession

1960:

At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Woodruff

1966:

Singaporean leftist opposition leader Chia Thye Poh was detained under the Internal Security Act, which allows for preventive detention, and held for 32 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Security_Act_%28Singapore%29