Days That Changed the World Ordnance Survey when Juliet Nicolson was eight

when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old

From cats to cars

'Teddy' Petter's design team were keen to capitalize on the success of their Canberra jet bomber and rose to the challenge of providing a high speed interceptor for the RAF

But one day he starts to forget the constellations and eventually he can’t even remember her name

The country teeters on a knife edge

Days That Changed the World Ordnance Survey when Juliet Nicolson was eightThe currents of History run deep and often unseen beneath the everyday ripple of events. But now and again the current rises to the surface, and the events of a single day shed an exceptional light on the meaning of the past. Such events are the subject of 'Days that Changed the World'. Some of the 52 days described here mark the end of an era; others the start of something new. Many are the dates of bloody battles or murders; others of momentous