In 1997 a group of Scottish scientist announced the birth of the first successfully cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep. Dr Ian Wilmut and his team cloned a ewe by taking the D.N.A. from a single adult cell and placing it in an egg they latter placed in a surrogate female sheep. Once born they tested the D.N.A. of Dolly revealing that it was an exact match to the donor sheep and was not related to the surrogate. Predictably the announcement caused controversy around the world and Dr Wilmut stated that he found the idea of human cloning repugnant. At the time of the announcement Dolly was a healthy ewe of 7 months but her health didn’t last. In 2003 the discovery of progressive lung disease led to the decision for Dolly to be put to sleep.
In 1979 St Lucia joined the Commonwealth of Nations. The island was first under British rule in 1663 but, due to several conflicts with France, control of the islands changed hands between Britain and France on many occasions. In 1814 Britain took control of the islands which lasted until this day in 1979 when Saint Lucia gained its independence and became a Commonwealth State.
In 1732 George Washington was born in Virginia, U.S. at the age of twenty he joined the British army, fighting as a lieutenant in the French and Indian War which was the outer-europe arm of the Seven Years war. The French and Indian War has been directly attributed to the actions of George Washington by many historians. At the age of 22 Colonel George Washington and his men ambushed a French diplomat who was in French territories at Fort Duquesne. The death of 13 French soldiers at the hands of the British initiated the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and would lead to the Seven Years War in Europe (1756-1763). After leaving the British army George Washington would go on to defeat the British in the US War of Independence and he would become the first President and ‘Father of the United States of America’.
In 1371 Robert II became King of Scotland. He was the first monarch from the House of Stewart and is the Grandson of Robert the Bruce through his maternal line.
