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 Roy Jenkins, politician/writer, Winston Churchill, dies at 82 2000 Death Marguerite Churchill, actress, in Broadway's Dinner at Eight, dies at 90 1996 Death Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, commando, dies at 89 1994 Death Diana Churchill, actress (Spider, Sally Bishop), dies at 81 1991 Death Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60 1991 Death James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies 1988 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs 1983 Event Caryl Churchill's "Fen," premieres in London 1982 Death Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67 1982 Event Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls," premieres in London 1980 Death Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77 1979 Event Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London 1968 Death Randolph Churchill, British Journalist 1965 Event State funeral of Winston Churchill 1965 Death Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain, 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955, dies at 90 1963 Event John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen 1963 Event Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen 1955 Event Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden succeeds him 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 1949 Birthday Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist, Ten Years After-I'm Going Home 1948 Event Winston Churchill visits The Hague 1947 Birthday Ward Churchill, American Educator 1946 Event Churchill argues for a "US of Europe" 1946 Event Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam 1946 Event Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri 1945 Event Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman and Churchill 1945 Event Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's Prime Minister 1945 Event Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting 1945 Event Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister 1945 Event British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine 1945 Event British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg) 1945 Event Premier Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen 1945 Event Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarters 1945 Event Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill and Stalin 1945 Event British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta, the Krim 1945 Event FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta 1945 Event British Premier Winston Churchill visits France 1944 Event Greece: British premier Churchill flies back to London 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference 1944 Event British premier Churchill travels to Scotland 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica 1944 Event Churchill and Tito meet in Naples 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1944 Event Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chateau de Creully 1944 Event Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan 1944 Event Churchill and de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh 1943 Event 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill and Turkish President Inonu 1943 Event FDR, Churchill and Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day) 1943 Event FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy 1943 Event FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan 1943 Event British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada 1943 Event Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly from U.S. to North Africa 1943 Event Churchill pledges England's full support to U.S. against Japan 1943 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in U.S. 1943 Event British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia 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 Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab 1942 Event Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow 1942 Event British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin 1942 Event Churchill fires General Auchinlek as Middle-East commandant 1942 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo 1942 Event British premier Winston Churchill travels from U.S. to London 1942 Event President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C. 1942 Event Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida 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 Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill sign Atlantic Charter 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland 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 1941 Event British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3) 1941 Event Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion 1940 Event Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits #11 Fighter Group 1940 Event British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1940 Event Churchill recognizes De Gaulle government in exile 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 Churchill says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" 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 Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" 1939 Event Minister Winston Churchill visits Scapa Flow 1939 Event Churchill signs British-Russian anti-nazi pact 1938 Event Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia 1938 Birthday Alec Broers, master, Churchill College Cambridge 1934 Event Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power 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 1921 Event Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies 1915 Event Winston Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles 1914 Birthday Sarah Churchill, London, actress, All Over Town, Royal Wedding 1914 Event Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow 1913 Birthday Diana Churchill, actress, Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster 1911 Birthday Randolph Churchill, British Journalist 1909 Birthday Marguerite Churchill, actress, Dracula's Daughter, Big Trail 1908 Event Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier 1908 Birthday James L Reinsch, media-adviser, Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy 1906 Birthday Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, commando 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 1862 Death Sylvester Churchill, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies 1849 Birthday Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father 1824 Birthday Thomas James Churchill, Major General Confederate Army 1722 Death John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 1688 Event General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III 1688 Event General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III 1650 Birthday John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
