Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (born 1910)

Barbara Castle

Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, Baroness Castle was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history. Regarded as one of the most significant Labour Party politicians, Castle developed a close political partnership with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and held several roles in the Cabinet. She is the first and, to date, the only woman to have held the office of First Secretary of State.

Born

1910

October 6

Died

2002

Era

1910s

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1910 Born
2002 Died

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-105 Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic
-69 Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdues Armenia.
23 Rebels decapitate Wang Mang, only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty, after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
404 Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.

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The world in 1910

When Barbara arrived

april 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
april 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
april 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
april 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

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Adam Gemili 1993– English sprinter Ben Summerskill 1961– English businessman and journalist Fannie Lou Hamer 1917–1977 American activist and philanthropist (born 1917) Ferenc Nádasdy 1555–1604 Hungarian noble (born 1555) George Montagu-Dunk 1716–1771 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1716) Hafez al-Assad 1930–2000 Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (born 1930) James McGill 1744–1813 Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (born 1744) Mark Field 1964– German-English lawyer and politician Marshall Rosenberg 1934–2015 American psychologist and author (born 1934)

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Also born in 1910

Alicia Markova 1910–2004 English ballerina and choreographer (died 2004) António de Spínola 1910–1996 Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1996) Bluey 1910–1939 Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939) Bonnie Parker 1910–1934 American criminal (born 1910) Carmine Coppola 1910–1991 American composer and conductor (born 1910) Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg 1910–2012 Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910) Cyril Cusack 1910–1993 South African-born Irish actor (died 1993) Douglas Bader 1910–1982 English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982) Frank Olson 1910–1953 American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953)

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