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Post by elvisuk on Mar 9, 2011 14:38:55 GMT
March 9
1974 - Bad Company performed its first concert in England.
1957 - Elvis Presley's "Mystery Train" hit #25 and "Rip It Up" hit #27 in the U.K.
1960 - The movie "Jailhouse Rock" was re-released in honor of Elvis Presley's return from service in the U.S. Army.
1963 - Elvis Presley's ballad "They Remind Me Too Much Of You" hit #53 in the U.S.
1964 - Elvis Presley began filming on "Roustabout."
1975 - Elvis Presley began his final recording session at RCA's Hollywood studios.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 11, 2011 13:44:31 GMT
11th March 1845
Henry Jones (from Bristol, England) invented self-raising flour.
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Post by ken on Mar 11, 2011 14:38:36 GMT
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On this day March 11th 1997, Paul McCartney got knotted. Er,umm, knighted.
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Post by marcus on Mar 11, 2011 18:35:10 GMT
On this day .......
In 1916
Birth of Harold Wilson, Lord Wilson of Rievaulx, British Labour Prime Minister from 1964-70, and again from 1974-1976 until he resigned. During his period in office, according to Peter Wright in Spycatcher (1987), he was suspected of being a likely Soviet agent by British intelligence who may have been involved in ‘dirty tricks’ to destroy his reputation.
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Post by marcus on Mar 12, 2011 8:18:48 GMT
On this day........
12 March 1969
Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman in a civil ceremony in London.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Marylebone Register Office to catch a glimpse of the couple as they arrived with Miss Eastman's six-year-old daughter, Heather, from a previous marriage.
Source : BBCnews
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 12, 2011 12:59:07 GMT
On this day
March 12
Birthday Liza Minnelli 1946 - Singer, actress
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 12, 2011 13:37:50 GMT
12th March 1904
Britain's first mainline electric train ran from Liverpool to Southport.
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Post by ken on Mar 12, 2011 16:19:56 GMT
12th March 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
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Post by marcus on Mar 13, 2011 8:41:55 GMT
On this day ......
13 March 1996
Massacre in Dunblane school gym
A lone gunman went on a shooting spree at a school in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and their teacher.
The killer sprayed shots at random around the school gym in an attack that lasted just three minutes, but caused carnage in a class of five and six year olds. He then turned the gun on himself.
Source : BBC news.
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Twelve other children
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 13, 2011 14:34:38 GMT
On This Day March 13
1860 - Composer Hugo Wolf was born.
1911 - Ivan Caryll's "My Pink Lady" premiered in New York.
1947 - The musical "Brigadoon" opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City.
1949 - In Los Angeles, CA, Lew Chudd formed Imperial Records.
1961 - Rick Nelson recorded "Travelin' Man".
1965 - Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds.
1973 - Pink Floyd released "Dark Side of the Moon".
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Post by Roz on Mar 13, 2011 18:39:46 GMT
13th March
1764 Charles Earl Grey, British Prime Minister was born. He is linked with Earl Grey tea, after a blended tea was supplied to him as a gift and the sample was copied.
1842 The death of the English army officer Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the battlefield weapon named after him.
1927 The lance ceased to be an official weapon in the British Army.
1935 Voluntary driving tests were introduced in Britain and became compulsory in June of the same year.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 13, 2011 18:49:17 GMT
1961 Black and white Bank of England five pound notes ceased to be legal tender.
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Post by ken on Mar 13, 2011 21:08:28 GMT
March 13th 0483 - St. Felix III began his reign as Pope.
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Post by marcus on Mar 14, 2011 8:56:34 GMT
On this day......
14 March.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who discovered the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics.
Source : wikipedia
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 14, 2011 12:27:48 GMT
14th March 1757
British admiral John Byng was court-martialled and executed by firing squad at Plymouth, for "failing to do his utmost" to relieve Minorca from the French fleet.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 14, 2011 13:15:37 GMT
On 14 March 1952 The first TV programme to be broadcast in Scotland showed the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society performing the Duke of Edinburgh Reel. The broadcast was celebrating the opening of Kirk o' Shotts station in Lanarkshire and came from Studio 1 in Edinburgh's Broadcasting House. The announcers for the evening were Mary Malcolm and Alastair MacIntyre. I remember that,........... suddenly I feel very old.  ;D |
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 15, 2011 8:28:24 GMT
15th March
44 BC, Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by high ranking Roman Senators, also 1938 - Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, bet it wasn't nearly £6 a gallon then.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 15, 2011 8:39:10 GMT
15th March 1877
The first cricket test between Australia and England was played in Melbourne. Australia won by 45 runs.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 15, 2011 9:11:02 GMT
On 15th March
Hungarians commemorate the Revolution and the following War of Independence against the Austrian-Habsburg rule in 1848-49.
This day is one of the most prominent National Holidays in Hungary.
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Post by marcus on Mar 15, 2011 10:01:02 GMT
On this day .....
15th March 1964
Khrushchev 'retires' as head of USSR
Nikita Khrushchev unexpectedly stepped down as leader of the Soviet Union.
The official Soviet news agency, Tass, announced that a plenary meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee had accepted Mr Khrushchev's request to depart "in view of his advanced age and the deterioration of his health".
Source : BBC news.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 15, 2011 13:11:10 GMT
On This Day March 15
2002 - In the U.S., Burger King began selling a veggie burger. The event was billed as the first veggie burger to be sold nationally by a fast food chain.
2002 - In Texas, Andrea Yates received a life sentence for drowning her five children on June 20, 2001.
2002 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Associated Press that the U.S. would stand by a 24-year pledge not to use nuclear arms against states that don't have them.
2004 - Clive Woodall's novel "One for Sorrow: Two for Joy" was published. Two days later Woodall sold the film rights to Walt Disney Co. for $1 million.
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Post by ken on Mar 15, 2011 19:00:49 GMT
On this day.44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
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Post by marcus on Mar 16, 2011 9:00:47 GMT
On this day .....
16th March 1976
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns.
Harold Wilson, Labour leader for 13 years and prime minister for almost eight, has stunned the political world by announcing his resignation.
Mr Wilson, who turned 60 five days ago, made his bombshell announcement to his Cabinet this morning.
Source : Wikipedia.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 16, 2011 9:59:30 GMT
16 March 1968 : Massacre at My Lai by American soldiers in Vietnam
On this day in 1968, a platoon of American soldiers brutally kill between 200 and 500 unarmed civilians at My Lai, one of a cluster of small villages located near the northern coast of South Vietnam.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 16, 2011 10:09:51 GMT
16th March 1935
The first driving test pass slip was presented to Mr R. Beene of Kensington, a pupil of the British School of Motoring. Tests were introduced on a voluntary basis and became compulsory in June.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 16, 2011 13:36:21 GMT
On This Day 16 March
1190 - The Crusaders began the massacre of Jews in York, England.
1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines. He was killed the next month by natives.
1527 - The Emperor Babur defeated the Rajputs at the Battle of Kanvaha in India.
1621 - Samoset walked into the settlement of Plymouth Colony, later Plymouth, MA. Samoset was a native from the Monhegan tribe in Maine who spoke English. He greeted the Pilgrims by saying, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1802 - The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in New York.
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 17, 2011 7:36:51 GMT
17th March 1949
The first car with a Porsche badge is shown at International Automobile Show in Geneva, Switzerland on a Porsche 356.
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Post by marcus on Mar 17, 2011 7:45:14 GMT
On this day ..........
17 March 1995
Killer Ronnie Kray died
Notorious gangland killer Ronnie Kray died in hospital two days after he collapsed in his ward at Broadmoor where he was serving a life sentence for murder.
Source : BBC news
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 17, 2011 10:14:34 GMT
17th March 461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 17, 2011 12:32:05 GMT
On this day 17 march 
1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.
1766 - Britain repealed the Stamp Act that had caused resentment in the North American colonies.
1776 - British forces evacuated Boston to Nova Scotia during the Revolutionary War.
1868 - Postage stamp canceling machine patent was issued.
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