October 19th to October 25th

Available for over a year

24 October 1945: The Charter of a new international organisation, the United Nations, comes into effect. 23 October 1642: King Charles I beats English Parliamentarian forces at the Battle of Edgehill in Warwickshire. 20 October 1960: Penguin Books fights for the right to publish DH Lawrence’s novel 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' in a landmark trial at the Old Bailey.