ZUM4942242: Oct. 05, 1954 - Sir Winston Churchill Receives Member of The Ancient and honorable artillery company of Boston. This afternoon Sir Winston Churchill received a deputation from the Ancient and Honourable Artillery company of Boston, Massachusetts, who are now a visit to London, at No. 10, Downing -street today. Their founder, Robert Keayne, was a member of the Hac before he emigrated to America and formed the Boston company in 1637. The prime minister was presented with a suitable engraved, by Photo shows Sir Winston Churchill seen receiving the cigar box from Captain Thomas J. Carty, on the left is Lieut. Mark Bortman, and on right F ~ ed E.Pereira / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4942562: Oct. 10, 1954 - Russian Athletes In Training At The White City. Sixty-nine Russian Athletes, including eight world record-holders, have arrived in London to compete against a London athletics team at a floodlit match at the White City next Wednesday. They went along there today to do some training / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4942600: Oct. 10, 1954 -” Butcher” of Paris” General Carl Albrecht Oberg and his assistant to die; President of the military tribunal Bouessel-Dubourg reads the death sentence at the trial of Oberg (called the” Butcher of Paris”) and his assistant Knochen. Oberg was the chief of the Paris Gestapo known for his Ruthless action against the Patriots and hesitant s. The trial lasted many weeks at the Paris military court. Oberg's main excuse was that” He was obeying orders from his superiors' / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4942835: Oct. 10, 1954 - Chataway beats Kuts in 5,000 meters race at the White City: Britain's Chris Chataway last night won a great 5,000 metre race against Vladimir Kuts, the Russian world and European record-holder, in a match between London and Moscow at the White City. He won by little more than a yard, and to the delight of the 40,000 spectators, he beat the world record by five seconds / Bridgeman Images