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Post by nocky2 on May 9, 2011 9:37:14 GMT
9th May 1956 : A British naval diver ( Commander Lionel "Buster" Crabb ) goes missing ( Later Found Dead ) during a Goodwill Visit by a Soviet cruiser carrying Soviet leaders Nikita Khruschev and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. At the time no one would admit that he was spying on the Russian Cruiser on a spying mission for MI6 and had dived under the cruiser to check out the hull and any other information he could find. And it still remains a mystery on how he died.  |
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Post by elvisuk on May 9, 2011 14:33:41 GMT
On this day 9 May
1964 - Chuck Berry began his first British tour.
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Post by marcus on May 10, 2011 6:40:33 GMT
On this day ....
10th May 1963
The Rolling Stones began their first recording session in London for Decca Records. The band recorded the Chuck Berry song "Come On" and Willie Dixon's "I Want To Be Loved."
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Post by elvisuk on May 10, 2011 18:16:10 GMT
On this day 10 May
1965 - The Rolling Stones produced their very first recordings when they recorded "Come On" and "I Wanna Be Loved" from the album "Out of Our Heads."
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Post by marcus on May 11, 2011 7:42:34 GMT
On this day ......
11th May 1985
Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die .
Marcus
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Post by elvisuk on May 11, 2011 13:12:11 GMT
On this day 11 May
1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets auditioned for "Arthur Godfrey's Talend Scouts" and were rejected.
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Post by nocky2 on May 11, 2011 21:47:09 GMT
11th May 1930 Amy Johnson 22 year old Aviatrix from England started on her attempted solo flight to Australia some 10,000 miles away in her Gypsy Moth Plane she is trying to beat the record of Bert Hinkler which stands at 16 1/2 days  |
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Post by marcus on May 12, 2011 7:06:25 GMT
On this day ....
12th May 1926
Collapse of General Strike.
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Post by nocky2 on May 12, 2011 9:48:38 GMT
12th May 1937: King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey. King George was second in line to the throne but following his younger brother Edward who abdicated so he could marry American socialite Wallis Simpson he became King. King George's wife was the much loved Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon much better known as "Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother", who died at the grand old age of 102 in March 2002. Their oldest daughter Queen Elizabeth is current Queen of England. Newsreel film if you're interested, and have 9 or 10 minutes to spare.  |
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Post by elvisuk on May 12, 2011 12:35:33 GMT
1977 - "Hotel California" earned a gold record for the Eagles.
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Post by marcus on May 13, 2011 7:05:37 GMT
On this day ....
13th May 1607
First English settlement founded at Jamestown, Virginia.
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Post by nocky2 on May 13, 2011 8:42:50 GMT
13th May 1940
Following Winston Churchill becoming leader of the British Coalition Government in his first speech as prime minister he told the British House of Commons "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
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Post by elvisuk on May 13, 2011 18:26:52 GMT
On this day 13 May
1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis was granted a divorce from his second wife six months after marrying his third wife, Myra.
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Post by marcus on May 14, 2011 7:40:54 GMT
On this day .....
14th May 1948
Proclamation of the State of Israel.
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Post by elvisuk on May 14, 2011 18:52:22 GMT
On this day 14 May
1956 - Buddy Holly got a prescription for contact lenses. He couldn't get used to wearing them so he continued to use his trademark glasses
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Post by marcus on May 15, 2011 7:25:49 GMT
On this day ....
15th May 1730
Robert Walpole became England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)
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Post by elvisuk on May 15, 2011 12:56:08 GMT
On this day 15 May
1998 - Sony and Cher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Post by nocky2 on May 15, 2011 14:54:44 GMT
On this day 15th May 1941,
the first test of an Allied aircraft using jet propulsion is made in Britain. The W-1 turbojet engine, which produced a powerful thrust of hot air, was devised by Frank Whittle, a Royal Air Force engineer who also flew the initial tests. The German Heinkel He 178, designed by Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain, made the first jet flight in history in 1939. The Allied jet aircraft went into war service in 1944, when the British Gloster Meteor flew into the skies over Europe. The German Me 262 followed soon after.
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Post by marcus on May 16, 2011 7:15:10 GMT
On this day ......
16th May 1943
World War II : Dambusters raid. British Lancaster bombers attacked the Mohne, Eder & Sorpe dams in Germany.
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Post by elvisuk on May 16, 2011 13:27:00 GMT
On this day 16 May
1980 - Dr. George C. Nichopoulous was indicted in Memphis on 14 counts of overprescribing drugs to Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and nine other patients.
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Post by marcus on May 17, 2011 6:39:39 GMT
On this day ....
17th May 1885
For the second time in two years, Apache Chief Geronimo escaped from an Arizona reservation. Leader of the Chiricahua Apache, Geronimo was a fearless warrior and over 5,000 troops were unable to find him. However, in September 1886 he was told that his family had been taken to Florida and he surrendered.
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Post by nocky2 on May 17, 2011 21:46:57 GMT
17th May 1992 ...
...Nigell Mansell won the San Marino Grand Prix to become the first Formula One driver in history to win the opening 5 races of a season.
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Post by marcus on May 18, 2011 7:21:07 GMT
On this day ....
18th May 1942
Born, Nobby Stiles, One time Manchester Un.ited and England Footballer. Winner of 1966 World Cup Medal
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Post by nocky2 on May 18, 2011 13:08:35 GMT
On 18th May 1944
Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino Italy.
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Post by elvisuk on May 18, 2011 18:30:55 GMT
On this day 18 May
1978 - "The Buddy Holly Story" had its world premiere in Dallas, TX.
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Post by marcus on May 19, 2011 6:49:22 GMT
On this day ....
19th May 1536
Anne Boleyn was executed.
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Post by elvisuk on May 19, 2011 13:38:00 GMT
On this day 19 May
1958 - Bobby Darin�s single, "Splish Splash," was released as the first eight-track master recording pressed to a plastic 45-RPM disc.
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Post by marcus on May 20, 2011 6:42:25 GMT
On this day ....
20th May 1927
First solo trans-Atlantic flight by Col. Lindbergh.
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Post by marcus on May 21, 2011 17:42:15 GMT
On this day ......
21st May 1780
Birth of Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer.
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Post by elvisuk on May 21, 2011 18:41:14 GMT
On this day 21 May
1985 - Marvin Gaye's "Dream of a Lifetime" was released. It was his last album.
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