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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 24, 2011 17:12:31 GMT
March 6th Evis? What r u on about?
24th March 1976
The death of British Field Marshal Montgomery, one of the outstanding Allied commanders in World War II.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 24, 2011 19:00:01 GMT
24th March, 1989:........
..... The Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot oil tanker, ran aground on a reef and ripped holes in its hull, spilling crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. The Tanker spilled over 200,000 Barrels of Oil or more than 11 million gallons of crude oil leaving a Five Mile Slick making it one of the largest and most devastating environmental disasters at sea.
After 3 months when environmentalists and biologists did a study it was found that nearly 250,000 seabirds,3,000 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles and up to 22 killer whales died as a result of the spill, and the fish stocks in the area were also devastated due to the oil .
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 25, 2011 8:24:01 GMT
Hey Elvis, you're getting me confused about what the date really is. ;D
On this day, March 25th 1306,
Robert the Bruce was crowned king of Scotland.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 25, 2011 9:54:48 GMT
25th March 1999
The 13 year old singer Charlotte Church became the youngest artist to enter the American top 30 album chart.
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Post by marcus on Mar 25, 2011 11:37:40 GMT
On this day ....
25th March 1807
British Parliament abolished the slave trade.
Marcus
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 25, 2011 19:53:46 GMT
“Hey Elvis, you're getting me confused about what the date really is.” What do you think I feel like Nocky, I think I got it right this time
On this day, March 25th
The city of Venice was founded.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 26, 2011 11:51:04 GMT
26th March, 1953.
Dr. Jonas E. Salk, announced a vaccine had been used safely and successfully used in preliminary trials on 90 children and adults as a polio vaccine, two years later the vaccine was released and given to every child in the United States.
Poliomyelitis ( Polio ) was one of the most dreaded illnesses which killed or paralyzed thousands during the early 20th century and following World War II the number of cases of Polio increased significantly making the need for a cure or a vaccine to protect against the disease even more important.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 26, 2011 12:41:21 GMT
26th March 1920
The British special constables known as the Black and Tans arrived in Ireland. Their nickname came from the colours of their uniform.
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Post by marcus on Mar 26, 2011 14:30:45 GMT
On this day .......
26th March 1839
First Henley Regatta
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Marcus
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 26, 2011 16:08:45 GMT
On this day 26th March
Birthdays
Keira Knightley 1985 - Actress ("Bend It Like Beckham")
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Post by marcus on Mar 27, 2011 7:22:22 GMT
On this day .....
27th March 1977
Hundreds dead in Tenerife plane crash
At least 560 people have died after two jumbo jets collided on a runway in the holiday destination of Tenerife. It is thought to be the world's worst disaster involving aircraft on the ground..
Source : BBC news
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 27, 2011 12:37:22 GMT
On This Day March 27
1899 - The first international radio transmission between England and France was achieved by the Italian inventor G. Marconi.
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 27, 2011 14:04:52 GMT
27th March, 1909:
For the first time fingerprint evidence is used to solve a murder case. The worlds first official Fingerprint Bureau was founded in Scotland Yard in 1901. It should also be noted that the World's first Fingerprint Bureau opened in Calcutta, India in 1897 .
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 28, 2011 13:21:33 GMT
On this day 28 March
1967 - Van Morrison recorded "Brown Eyed Girl."
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 28, 2011 13:43:29 GMT
28th March 1941
English novelist Virginia Woolf threw herself into the River Ouse near her home in Sussex. Her body was never found
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Post by marcus on Mar 28, 2011 19:43:52 GMT
On this day .......
28th March 1979
Early election as Callaghan defeated
Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a parliamentary vote of confidence by a minority of one - forcing him to call an early general election.
this day ....
BBC news
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28th March
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 29, 2011 15:07:58 GMT
On this day, 29th March 2010 Dally Telegraph....Picture of the day. Meerkats sunbathing. ;D  |
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Post by marcus on Mar 29, 2011 18:41:00 GMT
On this day .......
29th March 1967
Bombs rain down on 'Torrey Canyon'
The stricken oil tanker, the 'Torrey Canyon', is refusing to sink despite more than a day of heavy bombing.
The supertanker, snagged on rocks between Land's End and the Scilly Isles for 11 days, began breaking up three days ago, leaking more of its cargo into the sea.
BBC news.
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Post by marcus on Mar 30, 2011 6:09:51 GMT
On this day ......
30th March 2002
Queen Mother Dies
The Queen Mother died in her sleep today at the age of 101. Tributes flooded in from across the world and from all corners of society for "Queen Mum" as she was affectionally known by the British public.
Marcus
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 30, 2011 7:58:33 GMT
30th March 1964 The seaside holiday resort of Clacton was the scene of pitched battles by rival gangs of 'mods' and 'rockers'.  |
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 30, 2011 10:19:09 GMT
30th march 240 BC - 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
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Post by elvisuk on Mar 31, 2011 15:44:35 GMT
On This Day 31 March
1958 - Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was released.
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Post by marcus on Mar 31, 2011 19:13:05 GMT
On this day .....
31st March 1837
Death of John Constable, Suffolk born landscape painter ( 'The Hay Wain', 'Flatford Mill',etc).
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Post by nocky2 on Mar 31, 2011 19:33:42 GMT
31st March 1994
"Nature" magazine announced that a complete skull of Australppithecus afarensis had been found in Ethiopia. The finding is of humankind's earliest ancestor.
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Post by Lynnrose on Mar 31, 2011 20:12:30 GMT
31st March 1930
Scottish engineer John Logie Baird installed a TV set at 10 Downing Street.
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Post by marcus on Apr 1, 2011 7:06:44 GMT
On this day .....
1st April 1918
Formation of the Royal Air Force.
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Post by Lynnrose on Apr 1, 2011 7:57:25 GMT
1st April 1980
Britain's first nudist beach opened at Brighton.
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Post by nocky2 on Apr 1, 2011 9:02:56 GMT
On this day, 1st April 1999
Eleven countries in the European Union adopted the Euro as a common currency as the dream of monetary union became reality.
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 1, 2011 12:40:32 GMT
Friday the 13th (Which is a lucky number for me)
Another theory about the origin of the superstition traces the event to the arrest of the legendary Knights Templar.
The Knights Templar were a monastic military order founded in Jerusalem in 1118 C.E. Their original mission was to guide and protect Christian pilgrims along the path from Europe to Jerusalem during the Crusades. Through this mission, the Templars developed a banking system to protect the finances of the traveling pilgrims, then expanded this system throughout their holdings in Europe. Over time, France's Philip IV of France amassed a debt to the Knights Templar for years of service. He had nearly depleted his money due to his ongoing battles with England. King Phillip became envious of the Knights Templar and their rise to power, so he set his sights on their famed fortunes. Philip devised a plan to arrest all the Knights Templar and charge them with crimes so devastating that no person or group would come to their defense. The charges against them were religious in nature and backed by the papacy of the Vatican and Pope Clement V. His plan had to be swift and carefully put together so as to not alert the Templars in advance.
Knights Templar and Philip IV
King Phillip's orders were sent a month in advance to the King's Men and other Bailiffs. They were not to be opened till dawn on Friday, October 13, 1307. The charges against the Templars were of the highest accusations of heresy: that the Knights Templar asked members to spit on the cross and step on it, to deny Christ, to perform homosexual acts, and so on. The king's orders where to engage and arrest every Templar in France. All Templar outposts, homes, wineries, mills, and castles were to be taken in the name of the King of France and Pope Clement V. This nationwide arrest was widely successful, and medieval torture tactics were used to obtain confessions from the Knights. This single act against the Templar Order is now viewed as one of the most unlucky days in History - Friday the 13th. King Phillip attempted to further bury the Templars in a public manner: a large event in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral would have Templar Grand Master Jacques De Molay publicly admit guilt of heresy. Instead, the defeated grandmaster took to his forum and apolgized to the people and Templar Knights for his weakness and for signing forced confessions. He then rescinded his original confession and testified to the public that he, his men, and all Templar Knights were innocent, despite their forced confessions. An embarrassed King Phillip was enraged by the old man's actions and had him burned at the stake along with his second-in-command. De Molay's dying last words were to curse King Phillip and Pope Clement V, claiming that by the year's end they both would meet their demise. To add to the superstition of the Friday the 13th and to the power of the Templars both men did die that year.
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Post by marcus on Apr 2, 2011 7:34:17 GMT
On this day .....
2nd April 1977
Hat trick for Red Rum
Red Rum has galloped into racing history by winning the Grand National for a record third time.
The steeple chaser won the race in 1973 and 1974 and came home second in the following two years.
Before the race concern was expressed that at 12 the horse was too old for an event widely regarded as the most dangerous on the jumping circuit.
But after he romped home his jockey, Tommy Stack, said Red Rum's entry had been justified.
Source : wikipedia
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