1644 First recorded UFO sighting in America by Pilgrims
1778 Captain Cook discovers Hawaii
1788 First fleet of convicts arrive in Botany Bay, Australia
1882 AA Milne is born
1892 Oliver Hardy (Laurel & Hardy) born
1904 Cary Grant born
1912 Captain Scott reaches the South Pole
1919 Post WW1 Peace Conference begins in Paris
1943 Nazi siege of Leningrad broken
1948 Gandhi breaks a 121-hour fast to halt muslim-hindu riots
1951 Lie detector first used in Holland
1955 Kevin Costner born
1963 Hugh Gaitskell dies
1964 World's most handsome veg grower born
1967 Boston Strangler sentenced to life
1975 'Mandy' becomes Barry Manilow's first no. 1 hit
1991 Iraq fires first scud missiles at Israel
1996 Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in New York
Happy Birthday Simon :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Marcus. Hope I'll have more luck this year. Just bought a raffle ticket to win a cruise in the Mediterranean, last weeks was a rollover
ReplyDeletehmmmph, that's not my birythday !!!! but you have a good un. :)
ReplyDelete1944 World's most handsome veg grower, born that looks better. happy bday.
ReplyDeleteyuo got the date wrong it was 1961 that the most handsome veg grower was born
ReplyDeletehappy birthday umpa
1964 was the year that was.
ReplyDeleteThe Forth Road bridge was opened
The Sun newspaper was born
Mandela was jailed for life
Inflation was 3.5%
BBC broadcasts for the first time
And finally
Pablo Picasso paints his 4th Head of a Bearded Man and a Scots man wins peas at the Nationals!!
Happy Birthday old man, love Ian and Linda
Oops mistake!!
ReplyDeleteBBC2 broadcasts for the first time
What a great year!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday simon
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