On This Day
1561 – A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.[5]
A mass sighting of celestial phenomena or unidentified flying objects (UFO) occurred in 1561 above Nuremberg (then a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire). The phenomenon has been interpreted by some (John Keel; ‘Operation Trojan Horse’ p.75) modern UFO researchers as an aerial battle of extraterrestrial origin.[not verified in body] This view is mostly dismissed by skeptics, some referencing Carl Jung’s mid-twentieth century writings about the subject while others find that the phenomenon is likely to be a sun dog.[1]
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Born On This Day
1876 – Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (d. 1934)
Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb, 1st Baronet (14 April 1876 – 22 September 1934), was the last private owner of Stonehenge prehistoric monument, Wiltshire, which he donated to the British government in 1918.
Purchase of Stonehenge
Stonehenge was one of several lots put up for auction in 1915 by Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus, soon after he had inherited the estate from his brother.[citation needed] Cecil Chubb’s interest in the local area led to him attending the sale, with him bidding and purchasing Lot 15 on a whim for £6,600 (about £541,000/€638,000/$707,000 today),[3] as he wished to avoid the stones being acquired by someone overseas.
He gave Stonehenge to the nation on 26 October 1918. The deed of gift included the following conditions:
First that the public shall have free access to the premises hereby conveyed and every part thereof on the payment of such reasonable sum per head not exceeding one shilling for each visit and subject to such conditions as the Commissioners of Works in the exercise and execution of their statutory powers and duties may from time to time impose Secondly that the premises shall so far as possible be maintained in their present condition Thirdly that no building or erection other than a pay box similar to the Pay Box now standing on the premises shall be erected on any part of the premises within four hundred yards of The Milestone marked “Amesbury 2” on the northern frontage of the premises and Fourthly that the Commissioners of Works will at all times save harmless and keep indemnified the Donors and each of them their and each of their estates and effects from and against all proceedings costs claims and expenses on account of any breach or non-observance of the covenants by the Donors to the like or similar effect contained in the Conveyance of the premises to the Donors.[4]
Local residents are still entitled to free admission to Stonehenge because of a different agreement concerning the moving of a right of way.[5]
To mark his generosity he was made a baronet in 1919 by Lloyd George.[6] Chubb’s arms feature a trilithon representing Stonehenge.
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