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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 17, 2011 13:03:50 GMT
17th March 1957
British European Airways withdrew their Viscount 701s from service after one of them crashed at Manchester Airport 4 days previously, killing 21 people.
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 17, 2011 19:16:01 GMT
Lynnrose, what's happened to your rules?
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 17, 2011 21:03:22 GMT
What rules? Do you mean that members should only post ONE ITEM a day on this thread?
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 18, 2011 7:22:28 GMT
One event each a day please....so what happened in History on today's date in the past...
You have half an hour to find another past event for 5th March, otherwise it has to be the 6th March.Your rules Mr Pedantic...  |
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 18, 2011 7:24:39 GMT
1891 - Britain became linked to the continent of Europe by telephone.
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Post by marcus on Mar 18, 2011 8:16:18 GMT
On this day .....
18th March 1967
Supertanker Torrey Canyon hits rocks
Supertanker Torrey Canyon has run aground on rocks between Land's End and the Scilly Isles and is leaking its cargo of oil into the sea.
The 974-ft (297m) tanker, which was carrying 100,000 tons of crude oil, hit Pollard's Rock in the Seven Stones reef.
Source : BBC news
Marcus
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 18, 2011 11:23:33 GMT
March 18th, 1834. Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union. ps.MM.....that half hour "rule" is there because Lynnrose posted her first one at 11-28 pm on 5th March, half an hour before 6th March.  |
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 18, 2011 12:57:08 GMT
I don't care, I just like being pedantic....it's my age. ;-)
Anyway half an hour after 11.28 still leaves two minutes of the 5th to post in....see I told you I like being pedantic.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 18, 2011 14:55:14 GMT
Lol, yes Nocky is right on that point, but on the other, yes I have noticed that some members are posting more than one event, naughty, naughty!
18th March 1925
Two floors of the Madame Tussaud’s waxworks in London were destroyed by fire
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 18, 2011 19:35:47 GMT
Well in my defense i do not read, manuals or rules very often  and it helps if i could read  |
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 18, 2011 19:39:41 GMT
I forgot to post so that dose not count does it  On this day March 18 1190 - Crusaders killed 57 Jews in Bury St. Edmonds England. |
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 18, 2011 20:01:01 GMT
On this day 18th March 2011 all the rule breakers came out.
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Post by marcus on Mar 19, 2011 7:12:42 GMT
On this day ....
19th March 1976
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon are to separate after 16 years of marriage, it has been announced by Buckingham Palace.
Source : BBC news
Marcus
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 19, 2011 13:10:31 GMT
19 March 2003
War in Iraq begins
On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq's capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, "At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger." President Bush and his advisors built much of their case for war on the idea that Iraq, under dictator Saddam Hussein, possessed or was in the process of building weapons of mass destruction.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 19, 2011 15:11:59 GMT
On This Day March 19th
1702 - Upon the death of William III of Orange, Anne Stuart, the sister of Mary, succeeds to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Post by marcus on Mar 20, 2011 10:19:34 GMT
On this day ....
20th March 1974
Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips have escaped an apparent kidnap attempt in which four people were wounded.
The royal couple were returning to Buckingham Palace along Pall Mall when their chauffer-driven Rolls-Royce was forced to halt by another car which blocked their route.
Source : BBC news
Marcus
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 20, 2011 14:17:05 GMT
20th March 1727
Isaac Newton, English scientist and discoverer of the 'Laws of Gravity', died, aged 84. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 20, 2011 15:20:47 GMT
20th March 1868
Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 20, 2011 15:30:30 GMT
On This Day March 20
1616 - Walter Raleigh was released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana.
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Post by Roz on Mar 20, 2011 21:49:17 GMT
20th March 1980
Pirate radio, Radio Caroline, closed down after 16 years on air when the ship sank.
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Post by marcus on Mar 21, 2011 7:32:15 GMT
On this day .....
21 March 1999
Comedy genius Ernie Wise dies
One of Britain's most loved and most successful comedians, Ernie Wise, has died aged 73.
The news of his death at about 0700 GMT in the Nuffield Hospital, in Wexham Park, near Slough, has plunged the world of show business into mourning.
Source : BBC news
Marcus
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 21, 2011 13:26:16 GMT
On This Day March 21
1987 - U2 released the album "The Joshua Tree".
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Post by ken on Mar 22, 2011 5:51:30 GMT
On this Day 22/03/1774 Mary Cooper published the first book of English nursery rhymes. Called Tommy Thumb's Song Book it included Baa Baa Black Sheep, (which was already 500 years old). The black sheep's 'three bags full' is thought to refer to a tax imposed on the wool trade in 1275.
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Post by marcus on Mar 22, 2011 9:08:37 GMT
On this day ....
22 March 1916
The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
Marcus
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Post by movieman36 on Mar 22, 2011 13:43:19 GMT
22nd March, 1963: The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," is released following the success of the singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do".
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 22, 2011 15:47:40 GMT
22nd March 1926
The first directional road markings were introduced onto British roads (Hyde Park Corner, London). They caused confusion and led to seven accidents on the first day.
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Post by marcus on Mar 23, 2011 10:09:58 GMT
On this day ...
23 March 1831
London's first tramcars begin operating. They had been designed by a Mr. Train from New York!
Marcus
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 23, 2011 10:44:18 GMT
23rd of March 1839
The first recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] was used in Boston's Morning Post.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 23, 2011 19:49:27 GMT
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Post by marcus on Mar 24, 2011 7:45:43 GMT
On this day .....
24th March 1603
Queen Elizabeth I died.
(1533–1603). Popularly known as the Virgin Queen and Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth Tudor was 25 years old when she became queen of England. The golden period of her reign is called the Elizabethan Age.
Elizabeth became queen after the death of her half sister in 1558. She rode at once to London from her country home, traveling in a slow procession to give the people a chance to see her. Guns boomed, bells rang, and the people cheered her and scattered flowers in her path.
Source : wikipedia
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and it helps if i could read 
