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Post by Lynnrose on Apr 2, 2011 12:29:03 GMT
2nd April 1977
Red Rum won the Grand National for a record third time.
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 2, 2011 13:12:55 GMT
On this day 2 April
1964 - The Beach Boys recorded "I Get Around."
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Post by nocky2 on Apr 2, 2011 13:18:38 GMT
2nd April, 1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
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Post by marcus on Apr 3, 2011 7:29:51 GMT
On this day .....
2nd April 1860
The Pony Express, a new faster mail service using riders on a horseback relay instead of the traditional stagecoaches, commenced service between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif. The Pony Express reduced the time for mail to travel from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to around ten days. After only 1 year in March 1861 after suffering large losses and not gaining the mail contract The Pony Express Company ceased trading.
Source : wikipedia
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Post by Lynnrose on Apr 3, 2011 12:11:11 GMT
3rd April 1913
English suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst was sentenced to 3 years in prison for inciting supporters to place explosives at the London home of British politician David Lloyd George. The Home Secretary banned all future public meetings of suffragettes.
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 3, 2011 14:04:45 GMT
On this day April 3
1956 - Elvis Presley performed on "The Milton Berle Show." The show was broadcast live from the aircraft carrier USS Hanthingy. Elvis played the songs "Heartbreak Hotel," "Money, Honey," and "Blue Suede Shoes."
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Post by marcus on Apr 5, 2011 8:05:13 GMT
On this day ...........
5th April 1955
Sir Winston Churchill Retired
Sir Winston Churchill, the 80 year old British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, retired as prime minister of Great Britain.
Marcus
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Post by nocky2 on Apr 5, 2011 10:19:11 GMT
On this day, 5th April 1614, Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia. The marriage ensured peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians for several years.  |
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 5, 2011 13:26:15 GMT
On this day 5 April
1977 - David Bowie appeared on Dinah Shore's TV special.
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Post by marcus on Apr 6, 2011 8:56:09 GMT
On this day ......
6th April 1896
The first modern Olympics are held in Athens
On 6 April 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens, 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition.
Marcus
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 6, 2011 12:48:34 GMT
On this day 6 April
1956 - Paramount Pictures signed Elvis Presley to a three-movie deal.
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Post by Lynnrose on Apr 7, 2011 14:47:16 GMT
7th April 1739
English highwayman thingy Turpin was hanged in York for murdering an inn-keeper. Before becoming a highwayman, he had been a butcher's apprentice
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 7, 2011 18:16:39 GMT
On this day 7th April
1966 - The U.S. recovered a hydrogen bomb it had lost off the coast of Spain.
Well how can you lose a hydrogen bomb they are not that small 
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Post by nocky2 on Apr 7, 2011 18:22:46 GMT
On this day, 7 April 1805 –
-the first public performance of Beethoven’s third symphony, Eroica, at the Theater-an-der-Wien in Vienna, Austria. Legend has it that Eroica was to be dedicated to Napoleon who Beethoven had very much admired – until he crowned himself Emperor in 1804, inspiring the composer to scratch through the dedication. Beethoven conducted for this performance.
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Post by marcus on Apr 7, 2011 20:13:48 GMT
On this day ....
7th April 1770
Birth of the Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.
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Post by marcus on Apr 8, 2011 9:14:15 GMT
On this day ......
8th April 1973
Art master Picasso died
The artist Pablo Picasso died of a heart attack at his chateau near Cannes on the French Riviera.
He suffered a fatal seizure
His wife, Jacqueline, and son, Paolo, were with him when he died.
Source : wikipedia
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Post by Lynnrose on Apr 8, 2011 10:03:50 GMT
1990 British golfer Nick Faldo won his second successive US Masters after a play-off.
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 8, 2011 18:11:16 GMT
On this day 8 April
1975 - Aerosmith released "Toys in the Attic."
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Post by Lynnrose on Apr 10, 2011 17:10:49 GMT
10th April 1633
Bananas went on display in Thomas Johnson's shop window in London. This was the first time the fruit had been seen in Britain.
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 10, 2011 19:07:35 GMT
On this day April 10
1953 - Warner Bros. released "House of Wax." It was the first 3-D movie to be released by a major Hollywood studio.
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Post by Lynnrose on Apr 11, 2011 7:45:48 GMT
11th April 1713
France handed over Gibraltar and Newfoundland to Britain in the Treaty of Utrecht
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 11, 2011 14:22:34 GMT
On this day 11 April
1961 - Bob Dylan made his professional singing debut in Greenwich Village. He opened for John Lee Hooker.
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Post by nocky2 on Apr 11, 2011 16:02:29 GMT
April 11, 1954 ......
....has been identified by experts as the most boring day of the 20th century – a day when nothing of note happened.
After feeding 300million facts into a new computer search engine they have announced there were no key news events or births and deaths of famous people.
The best the machine could muster for the day was the fact that Belgium had its fourth post-war general election and a Turkish academic who taught electronics was born.
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Post by marcus on Apr 11, 2011 17:25:58 GMT
On this day ......
11 April 1961
Israel- Adolf Eichmann
11th April 1961 : Adolf Eichmann , went on trial in an Israeli courthouse today. accused of mass murder and the helping in the death of millions of Jews in German Concentration Camps during World War II.
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Post by marcus on Apr 12, 2011 7:03:28 GMT
On this day ......
12 April 1945
Death of US President Roosevelt
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Post by elvisuk on Apr 12, 2011 8:27:23 GMT
On this day 12 April
1954 - Bill Haley and the Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock." The song was released a year later in the movie "Blackboard Jungle."
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Post by nocky2 on Apr 12, 2011 9:29:32 GMT
On this day, April 12th,1961: Soviets win space race The Soviet Union has beaten the USA in the race to get the first man into space. At just after 0700BST, Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was fired from the Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan, Soviet central Asia, in the space craft Vostok (East). Major Gagarin orbited the Earth for 108 minutes travelling at more than 17,000 miles per hour (27,000 kilometres per hour) before landing at an undisclosed location. 
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Post by Lynnrose on Apr 12, 2011 14:54:04 GMT
12th April 1567
The Earl of Bothwell was found not guilty of the murder of Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Bothwell and Mary then married.
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Post by marcus on Apr 13, 2011 6:20:59 GMT
On this day ......
13 April 1960
First operational Sat- Nav system. ( US Navy)
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Post by nocky2 on Apr 13, 2011 10:10:41 GMT
On this day, Friday the 13th April 2029 According to NASA scientists, Asteroid 2004 MN4 will come scarily close to Earth on April 13, 2029, but it will not hit. (doubt if I''ll be around to find out if they're right  ) neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news146.html |
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