On This Day

raveydavey · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject:

April 18th:

1903: Bury registered the biggest winning margin in FA Cup final history when they beat Derby 6-0 at Crystal Palace.

1906: At 5.12 am the first rumblings of the San Francisco earthquake were felt. Enrico Caruso was in the city to sing in Carmen with the Metropolitan Opera. He survived the destruction, but swore never to return. Four square miles, 514 blocks of 28,000 buildings were destroyed by the earthquake, which killed over 450 people.

1955: Albert Einstein dies. Eminent scientist Dr Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, dies in hospital aged 76.

1980: Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister of Zimbabwe as the Union Jack was lowered in the dying seconds of a nation called Rhodesia. I can see trouble there...

1988: In the House of Commons, the 16th-century symbol of the Speaker’s authority, the Mace, was damaged by Ron Brown, Labour MP for Leith, when he flung it to the floor during a debate. It was described by his own supporters as ‘a childish stunt’ and led to his 20 day suspension.

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raveydavey · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

raveydavey · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:53 am Post subject:

April 19th:

1587: English naval commander Sir Francis Drake sails a small number of ships into Cadiz Harbour and sinks most of the Spanish fleet. They don't like it up 'em!

1824: Lord Byron, the great English poet, died (aged 36) from malaria on his way to fight for Greek independence

1933: 'Dickie' Bird, (Harold Dennis Bird) English cricket umpire, was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire.

1927: Hollywood actress Mae West is found guilty of indecent behaviour in her production of 'Sex' on Broadway. She is sentenced to 10 days in prison and fined 500 dollars.

1956: Prince Rainier marries Grace Kelly. Prince Rainier III of Monaco marries film actress Grace Kelly in a religious ceremony at the Cathedral of Monaco.

1993: Waco cult siege ends with inferno. At least 70 people are feared to have died in a fire at the besieged headquarters of the Branch Davidian sect near Waco, Texas.

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halfaperson · Allan Clarke Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 788

I stand Corrected sir. He got 400 in the 2004 Test i was thinking about. The 375 was a record at the time in 1994. At the same ground as well

raveydavey · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:30 am Post subject:

April 20th:

1657 The Spanish Fleet was destroyed in the Battle at Santa Cruz by an English Fleet commanded by Admiral Blake. They just don't learn do they?

1770 Captain James Cook discovered New South Wales in Australia. A good Yorkshire bloke discovers somewhere for the upsidedowners to live.

1912 The Irish-born writer Bram Stoker, author of Count Dracula, died at his London home. He was 65. Which ties in nicely with Capt Cook (above)

1968: Powell slates immigration policy. The Conservative right-winger, Enoch Powell, has made a hard-hitting speech attacking the government's immigration policy. Widely denounced, but since proved right (to a point).

1964 BBC Two launched, with a power cut because of a fire at Battersea Power Station.

1981 Steve "interesting" Davis became the world snooker champion at 23 years of age, beating Doug Mountjoy at Sheffield.

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raveydavey · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

April 21st:

1509 Henry VIII became King of England following the death of his father, Henry VII.

1816 Charlotte Bronte, eldest of the three literary sisters, was born. Her publisher rejected her first novel, 'The Professor,' but she went on to write her masterpiece, 'Jane Eyre'. A proud Yorkshire lass.

1918 Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary German ace pilot who had destroyed 80 Allied aircraft, was shot down by an RAF fighter and died from the crash behind British lines. He was known as the ‘Red Baron’ because of his distinctive red Fokker tri-plane. If memory serves correctly he was shot down by Snoopy, the famous cartoon dog.

1926 Queen Elizabeth II was born. Happy birthday ma'am!

1945: Red Army enters outskirts of Berlin. Russian troops capture some outlying suburbs of Berlin at the beginning of what promises to be a bitter battle for control of the city.

1955: Fleet Street papers back after strike. National newspapers have been published for the first time in nearly a month following the end of the maintenance workers' strike.

1964 BBC television launched Playschool as the opening programme of their second channel. BBC2 actually opened a day late due to a major power failure the previous day. One of the main presenters was Brian Cant. Careful how you say that if your from darn sarf.

1983 One pound coins replaced notes in England and Wales. Boo!

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Tommo · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:

wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject:

*calculated pats age at 82*

*runs away*

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raveydavey · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject:

April 22nd:

2008: The roof blows off the Florence Nightingale pub in Leeds due to a gas explosion. 5 People are injured, not thought to be life threatening.

1662 King Charles II granted a charter to the Royal Society of London, which became an important centre of scientific activity in England.

1778 James Hargreaves, the English inventor of the spinning jenny died. After he had begun to sell the machines to help support his large family, hand spinners, fearing unemployment, broke into his house and destroyed a number of jennies, causing Hargreaves to move from Blackburn to Nottingham in 1768.

1834 The South Atlantic island of St Helena was declared a British crown colony.

1838 The British steamer Sirius became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean from England to New York. The voyage took 18 days and 10 hours.

1915 The second battle of Ypres started when German troops released clouds of deadly chlorine gas on British troops. It was the first major gas attack of World War I.

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raveydavey · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject:

April 23rd: The National Day of England and the Feast Day of St. George

1564 The birth of poet & playwright William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He died on his 52nd birthday in 1616.

1661 Charles II was crowned King of England, completing the restoration of the monarchy. His father, Charles I, had been beheaded by Oliver Cromwell following the Civil War.

1775 J M W Turner, English painter was born.

1968: Decimal coins reach the high street. The first decimal coins make their way into purses throughout Britain in preparation for replacing the current system of pounds, shillings and pence by 1971.

1983 Canadian snooker player Cliff Thorburn completed the first televised maximum break of 147 during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre, in Sheffield.

1984: Scientist finds Aids virus. The discovery of a virus which may cause Aids, the fatal disease sweeping through America, is hailed as a "monumental breakthrough" in medical research.

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raveydavey · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject:

April 24th:

1882 Lord Dowding, air force commander who directed the 1940 Battle of Britain, was born.

1932 A mass trespass by thousands of ramblers took place on Kinder Scout in the Peak District. Their aim was to establish public right of access on the moors and mountains that were privately owned for grouse shooting.

1949 Sweet rationing in Britain ended. It had been introduced during World War II.

1953 Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1965 The official opening of the Pennine Way in England - a 250 mile path along the Pennine Hills from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish border. The opening ceremony was held at Malham Moor, North Yorkshire.

1982: First Briton dies in Falklands campaign. A crewman of a Sea King helicopter on its way to the Falklands Islands is missing and presumed dead after the aircraft crashed.

1990: Hubble telescope takes off for space. The space shuttle Discovery takes off, carrying the revolutionary Hubble Telescope into orbit high above the Earth's atmosphere. I hope they've double checked everything. It would be a bugger to get it up there and find it doesn't work properly...

1993: IRA bomb devastates City of London. A massive bomb rips through the heart of the City of London, killing one and injuring more than 40.

2003 Britain's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest failed to score a single point, a fact later blamed on the UK's stance during the Iraq conflict.
Nothing to do with the song being shite at all.

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raveydavey · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

April 26th:

1607: Captain John Smith landed at Cape Henry, in Virginia with the first group of colonists who established a permanent English settlement in America.

1895: The start of the trial of playwright Oscar Wilde who was charged with homosexuality. When arrested, well known wit Wilde is rumour to have remarked "Well I'll be buggered"

1938: My dad was born. Happy 70th birthday dad! Very Happy

1962: First US rocket lands on Moon. The American Moon rocket Ranger IV lands on the far side of the Moon but fails to send back pictures due a technical fault.

1975: Labour votes to leave the EEC. Party members vote by almost 2-1 to leave the EEC, underlining the deep divisions over the issue of Europe. If only they done what they voted for...

2004: Malcolm Glazer bought a further 4.1million Scumchester United shares, increasing his shareholding from 16.69% to 18.25%. He later became controlling shareholder.

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eddiesleftfoot · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject:

Glazer's really screwed the Scum up hasn't he ? Sad

Any billionaires please apply in writing to Ken Bates

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NE1 · Neither Shallow Nor Sexist Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 1611

what happened to April 25th?

1981 - Mr & Mrs NE1 marry in Royston in a Blizzard, followed by a reception at the Ardsley House Hotel where guests drank the hotel dry of gin

Very Happy

the previous day had been the first day of the cricket season. However it was the one & only day ever that snow stopped play at Headingley due to a white out.

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Baldy · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:20 am Post subject:

April 27th.. Mr Ne1, thinks to himsen, what the hell have I done Sad

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