ZUM4884135: Oct. 10, 1953 - Firemen combat Oxford blaze third church fire in few weeks: Detectives mingled with the spectators yesterday - as firemen fought the blaze which severally damaged the church of st. Michael at the North gate, oxford, for it is believed that this blaze was the work of a fire-raiser. It is the third church blaze in the area on the past few weeks / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4884218: Oct. 10, 1953 - Pierre Malar, returns to Parisian music halls Pierre Maler, the well known singer guitarist is seen here pictured with the” most fascinating false south American girl from Paris”, during a party which he organized in honour of his return to the Parisian music halls. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4884618: Oct. 10, 1953 - QUEEN HOLDES PRESENTATION PARTY FOR DIPOMATIC CORPS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. H.M. THE QUEEN this evening bald a presentation party for the Diplomatic Corps, at Buckingbam Palace, KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS:. (L to R): MRS.SRESHTHATRA,.- wife of the Second Secretary at Embassy; MISS MAYDRABHAND, daughter of the Counsellor Specially Attached at the Embassy, and MRS. HONGBOLA, wife of the Air Attaché, photographed at the Siamese Embassy in London, prior to leaving for the Palace, / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4884804: Dec. 26, 1976 - The Vice President of Iraq In L'Elysee. The Iraqi Vice President, Mr. Saddam Hussein, on an official visit to Paris, was received this morning at the Palais de L'Elysee by President Valery Giscard D'Estaing. NPM: Mr. Saddam Hussein (g) and Mr. Giscard D'Estaing during their interview at L'Elysee / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4885703: Oct. 10, 1953 - 125 years Reclamation: On October 1st the Reclaming-publishing-house could celebrate the 125th annviersary of its existence. It was founded in 1828 in Leipzig by - book-trader Anton Philipp Reclam and after 39 years (in 1867) he gave the publishing-house its well-known importance by the foundation of the” Universal Library”, the first cheap pocket-books of the world. In 1950 the firm was placed under trusteeship by the Soviets after having dismantled the bock-binding plant and the print-press in 1946 already. Then the publishing house was re-founded in Stuttgart in 1947 and in the meantime spread the universal-library with 550 different books with a total amount of 13 million copies / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4885577: Oct 10, 1953 - THE” SWIFTSURE” AND THE” DIAMOND” ARRIVES.. The Cruiser Swiftsure and the Daring Class ship Diamond which were involved in a collision during” Exercise Mariner” - arrived off Sheerness today - and injured members of the crews were brought ashore.. KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: - PATRICK ADAMS of Barney - one of the injured fro, H.M.S. Swiftsure - seen when he came ashore at Sheerness today. / Bridgeman Images