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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 5, 2011 23:28:47 GMT
Let's brush up on our History shall we.
One event each a day please....so what happened in History on today's date in the past...
I have picked this historical event
5th March 1133
The birth of King Henry II, who was to become the first Plantagenet king of England.
You have half an hour to find another past event for 5th March, otherwise it has to be the 6th March.
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Post by ken on Mar 6, 2011 0:23:07 GMT
Today 6th March 1988 the SAS shot dead 3 IRA terrorists in Gibraltar
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 6, 2011 2:14:28 GMT
On This Day 6th March 1961: 'Ukulele king' Formby dies
One of Britain's most popular entertainers, George Formby, has died after suffering a heart attack.
Lancashire-born Formby, 56, was one of the UK's best-paid stars during his heyday in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 6, 2011 11:00:02 GMT
6 March 1899 : Bayer patents aspirin
On this day in 1899, the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin, the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer & Co. Now the most common drug in household medicine cabinets, acetylsalicylic acid was originally made from a chemical found in the bark of willow trees. In its primitive form, the active ingredient, salicin, was used for centuries in folk medicine, beginning in ancient Greece when Hippocrates used it to relieve pain and fever.
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Post by mikkh on Mar 6, 2011 11:36:05 GMT
On a more local note (thanks to my fishing diaries)
March 6th 1983
Weather 11 degrees C, cloudy with occasional showers, wind virtually non existent
Wilford power station chimney demolished - the end of an era (for good fishing there)
The power station pumped warm water into the river producing an attractive gathering place for a lot of fish - mainly Carp.
Today (or at least the last time I looked) the 6 foot channel the outflow kept free of weeds and other debris is now silted up beyond recognition and actually has trees growing on it.
The pumps had been switched off weeks before, but I just fancied a trip to my old haunt, a place with many happy memories. The weather was warm enough to guarantee a few fish but the extra activity on the banks, not to mention the explosion, meant I caught absolutely nothing that day
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 6, 2011 12:07:38 GMT
That's a good one Mikkh, some personal history. Wish I had kept a diary
6th March 1944
658 U.S. bombers began a daylight attack on Berlin from bases in Britain and dropped 2,000 tons of bombs.
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Post by marcus on Mar 6, 2011 13:11:26 GMT
On this day .........
Samuel Pepys diary, 6 March 1660
"At the office all the morning. At dinner Sir W. Batten came and took me and my wife to his house to dinner, my Lady being in the country, where we had a good Lenten dinner. Then to Whitehall with Captn. Cuttle, and there I did some business with Mr. Coventry, and after that home, thinking to have had Sir W. Batten, &c., to have eat a wigg at my house at night. But my Lady being come home out of the country ill by reason of much rain that has fallen lately, and the waters being very high, we could not, and so I home and to bed".
Marcus ... I managed two wiggs for dinner today (6 March 2011), they were awful !
Marcus
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 6, 2011 13:28:47 GMT
On This Day in Bradford
Event End Date: 06/03/2011
Event Location : St. George's Hall
Phone: see event
Summary Over sixty brass bands will be competing in the Yorkshire Brass Band Championships at St. George's Hall in Bradford. The winners will represent Yorkshire at the finals of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. All the best brass bands in Yorkshire, including Black d**e, Brighouse and Rastrick, Grimethorpe Colliery and Rothwell will be attending over the weekend 5 and 6 March 2011. Brighouse and Rastrick won the Championship Section last year.
Tickets £6 - telephone 01274 432000. ( Booking fees apply)
Children aged 5 – 12 £2
Children under 5 free (if sitting on an adult’s knee)
Start times:
Saturday 5 March 10.30 am (4th and 2nd sections)
Sunday 6 March 9.15 am (1st and 3rd sections)
Sunday 6 March 5.30 pm (Championship Section)
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Post by buzzy on Mar 6, 2011 14:36:13 GMT
On this day Thursday 6th march 2008
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Post by Roz on Mar 6, 2011 15:55:00 GMT
1987 Herald of Free Enterprise - British Ferry
6th March, 1987: The British ferry, the Herald of Free Enterprise, capsized after leaving Zeebrugge, Belgium in the English Channel on route to Dover with the loss of more than 140 passengers when the cargo doors were not closed allowing sea water to flood the ship through the car deck entrance. It is Believed the person in charge of closing the door had fallen asleep in the bunk. As a result, 188 people died.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 6, 2011 16:10:19 GMT
Doukhobor bomb blast ignites fear in B.C.
Broadcast Date: March 7, 1962
Starting in the 1920s, a British Columbia sect of Doukhobors known as the Sons of Freedom fought for peace with bombs and arson, and by stripping off their clothes for defiant naked public marches. Their targets were schools, government buildings and other sects of Doukhobors. On March 6, 1962, the Sons of Freedom are the prime suspects when a 100-metre power transmission tower is blown apart, cutting power to thousands. CBC Radio reports on the bombing that would lead to the end of the violence.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 6, 2011 16:55:04 GMT
6th March 1997
A £650,000 Picasso was stolen from a London art gallery. The thief escaped in a taxi.
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Post by marcus on Mar 7, 2011 10:44:08 GMT
7th March
On this day......
Was born Edwin Landseer, sculptor of the Lions in Trafalgar Square. He also painted the famous picture entitled 'Monarch of the Glen'
Marcus
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 7, 2011 10:49:16 GMT
7th March
1876 The Scottish-born inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, patented the telephone
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 7, 2011 10:57:20 GMT
March 7th 321 : Sunday declared a day of rest
The Roman Emperor Constantine I decreed that dies Solis Invicti, Sunday, is the day of rest in the Empire. This would be adopted almost universally and is still recognized today.
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Post by marcus on Mar 8, 2011 8:33:01 GMT
March 9
On this day ..............
2001: Donald Campbell's speedboat recovered
Divers raised the wreck of Donald Campbell's boat, Bluebird, from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria.
The boat had lain there since the accident in 1967 which killed Campbell, 46, as he attempted to break the world water speed record.
Source : BBC news.
Marcus
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 8, 2011 9:01:59 GMT
Looks like us yokels down in Devon are a day behind the rest of you Marcus. ;D
8th March, 1957: The Suez Canal which connects the Mediterranean and the Red Sea is reopened to international traffic by Egypt after Israel withdraws from occupied Egyptian territory
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Post by marcus on Mar 8, 2011 10:06:15 GMT
My apology, Nocky, and all CIT.
I just don't know what day it is most of the time, must be mesmerised by Pancake Day. As you will gradually realise I suffer from a breathtaking mixture of suicidal irresponsibility and farcical incoherence! (laughing).
Hope to return to the correct day tomorrow.... see, what date will it be?
Best wishes.
Marcus
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 8, 2011 10:24:18 GMT
international women's day centenary - tuesday 8th march 2011
I know exactly what you mean Marcus, I quite regularly lose track of what day,or even what month it is, and to tell the truth, I don't really care. All part of the joys of growing older. ;D
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Post by ken on Mar 8, 2011 13:57:50 GMT
Today is the 4084th day since the 2000 Millenium.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 8, 2011 14:43:45 GMT
Today is Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Today in
Television History
1959 - Groucho, Chico and Harpo made their final TV appearance together.
1964 - The Dave Clark 5 made their first appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show".
1974 - The last episode "The Brady Bunch" aired.
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Post by Roz on Mar 8, 2011 15:19:17 GMT
8th March
1702 Anne became queen after William III died in a riding accident.
1765 Britain's House of Lords passed the Stamp Act to tax the American colonies.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 8, 2011 15:53:58 GMT
8th March 1859
Kenneth Grahame, Scottish author of The Wind in the Willows was born.
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 8, 2011 17:24:39 GMT
Today 8 th March 1917....Russian revolution kicks off, the rest as they say 'is history'.
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Post by ken on Mar 8, 2011 21:58:12 GMT
The peasants are revolting your Majesty!
I know Ivan, now disinfect your hands and pour me another Vodka.
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Post by marcus on Mar 9, 2011 10:19:15 GMT
On this day......
9th March 1967.
Stalin's daughter defected to the West
The daughter of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin requested political asylum at the United States Embassy in India.
The American Mutual Radio network broke the news but the American State Department has so far refused to comment.
Marcus
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Post by ken on Mar 9, 2011 10:45:46 GMT
That must be some kind of a record, 44 years without a comment on a political issue. Now it come to light, they will probably refuse her asylum status and send her home to dad.
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Post by ken on Mar 9, 2011 10:50:12 GMT
On this day 9th March 1891. Four days of storms began off England’s south coast, sinking 14 ships.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 9, 2011 12:59:45 GMT
National Non Smoking Day this year is Wednesday 9th March, There is plenty of support out there to help people quit and become smoke free. (Too late for me I'm afraid, I've already smoked about 10 rollups this morning.  ) |
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 9, 2011 13:45:05 GMT
9th March 1946
33 fans were killed when a wall collapsed at the Bolton Wanderers' football ground.
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