in History…1892US inventor Jesse Reno patented the first escalator. 1909US entrepreneur G S Selfridge opened Britain’s first department store in Oxford Street, London. 1917Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated. 1933Nazi leader Adolf Hitler proclaimed the Third Reich in Germany; he also banned left-wing newspapers and kosher food. 1949Clothes rationing in Britain ended. 1964Actors Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were married in Montreal. 1990Gorbachev was sworn in as the first executive president of the USSR. 1997Rebels in Zaire captured Kisangani. 1997A report from the Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) revealed that all stages of food handling in Britain, from the abattoir to the plate, were to some degree suspect. wonder what will happen tomorrow !!!