2013 Event Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England announces that the 5 pound bank note, to be circulated in 2016, will feature Winston Churchill 2003 Death Winston Graham, English Novelist 2003 Death Roy Jenkins, politician/writer, Winston Churchill, dies at 82 2001 Death O. Winston Link, American Photographer 1994 Death James Winston Watts, developer of the Frontal Lobotomy, dies at 90 1984 Event Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary 1983 Event Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia 1978 Death Harry Winston, U.S. jeweler for the "rich and famous", dies at 82 1970 Birthday Winston Bogarde, soccer player, Sparta/Ajax 1965 Birthday Winston Moss, NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks 1965 Event State funeral of Winston Churchill 1965 Death Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain, 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955, dies at 90 1964 Birthday Winston Benjamin, cricketer, WI righty quick 1987-95 1963 Event John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen 1963 Event Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen 1959 Birthday Charles Grant, Winston Salem, North Carolina, actor, Another World 1959 Birthday Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1955 Event Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden succeeds him 1954 Birthday Alan Kulwicki, Greenfield Wisconsin, NASCAR racer, Winston Cup 1953 Event British premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution 1953 Event Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory 1953 Event Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II 1952 Event Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb 1951 Event Winston Churchill re-elected British premier 1951 Event Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister 1950 Birthday Winston E Scott, born in Miami, Florida, USN Commander/astronaut, STS-72, 87 1948 Event Winston Churchill visits The Hague 1946 Event Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam 1946 Birthday Al Nichol, born in Winston Salem, North Carolina, rock guitarist and vocalist, Turtles 1946 Event Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri 1945 Event Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's Prime Minister 1945 Event Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister 1945 Birthday Jimmy Winston, born in London, organist, Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park 1945 Birthday Hattie Winston, born in Greenville, Mississippi, actress on Nurse, Electric Company 1945 Birthday Burning Spear, Winston Rodney, Jamaican reggae singer 1945 Event British Premier Winston Churchill visits France 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow 1944 Event British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow 1944 Event British Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1943 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in U.S. 1943 Event British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia 1943 Birthday Win Griffiths, born in Wales, born Winston James Griffiths, politician, Labor Party, served as Member of Parliament for Bridgend, member of the European Parliament, Chairman of Bro Margannwg NHS Trust 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II 1943 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca 1942 Event British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo 1942 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo 1942 Event British premier Winston Churchill travels from U.S. to London 1941 Event Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament 1941 Event Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing" 1941 Event Winston Churchill arrives in Washington for a wartime conference 1941 Event Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. on board HMS Duke of York 1941 Event Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill sign Atlantic Charter 1941 Event Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR 1941 Event Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to U.S. 1941 Event British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign 1940 Birthday Harry Winston Jerome, Sask Canada, 100m runner 1964 Olympics bronze 1940 Event Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits #11 Fighter Group 1940 Event Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill flies to Orleans 1940 Event General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill 1940 Event Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas and oceans" 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1940 Event Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister 1940 Event Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain 1939 Event German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard 1939 Event Minister Winston Churchill visits Scapa Flow 1938 Event Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia 1933 Event Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense 1926 Birthday John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, born in England, 11th Duke of Marlborough, justice of the peace, cousin of Sir Winston Churchill 1923 Birthday Richard Attenborough, England, actor and director, Gandhi, Young Winston 1921 Event Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies 1915 Event Winston Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles 1914 Birthday O. Winston Link, American Photographer 1914 Birthday Winston Place, cricketer, England opener in West Indies 1948 1914 Birthday Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor, Winston Churchill-Ike 1912 Birthday Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor, Windom's Way, Young Winston 1908 Event Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier 1908 Birthday Winston Graham, English Novelist 1904 Birthday James Winston Watts, developer, Frontal Lobotomy 1899 Event Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill and wife captured in Natal 1899 Event British Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill reaches Capetown 1899 Event Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa 1874 Birthday Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955, Nobel 1953 1849 Birthday Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father 1831 Birthday Justin Winston, historian/librarian, Harvard 1821 Birthday Edward Winston Pettus, Brigadier General Confederate Army
