On This Day

Gopher · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

Proper nurse mate.

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raveydavey · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject:

May 13th:

1607 Captain John Smith landed on the coast of Virginia and began the first permanent English settlement in the New World, calling it Jamestown.

1787 The first fleet of ships carrying convicts to the new penal colony of Australia left England. They arrived in January 1788. A passenger list of those on board includes the names Harry, Baldy and 30 Mill. Twisted Evil

'On This Day' in 1987 several sailing ships left Portsmouth, re-enacting the first voyage.

1949 Britain’s first jet bomber, the Canberra, was given its first test flight at Warton in Lancashire and was flown by Wing Cdr. RP Beaumont.

1950: The first Formula One world championship race took place at Silverstone. Italy's Giuseppe Farina won the event, called the British Grand Prix, in an Alfa Romeo from team-mate Luigi Fagioli.

1977: Cricket captain sacked over 'circus'. England captain Tony Greig is fired for recruiting players to Australian media mogul Kerry Packer's rival World XI team in what is seen as a "breach of trust".

1981: Thousands see Pope shot in Rome. Crowds in St Peter's Square in Rome are stunned by the close-range shooting of the Pope.

2007: Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League on goal difference after losing 2-1 to Wigan.

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30 Mill · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

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raveydavey · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject:

May 14th:

1796 Edward Jenner became the first British physician to carry out a successful vaccination; on an eight year old boy against smallpox. His pioneering work laid the foundation for modern immunology techniques.

1894 Blackpool Tower Circus first opened to the public and 30,000 people paid a 6d entrance fee. Thousands of Scots and Lancastrians still travel to Blackpool to marvel at the electric lights and trams.

1955: Communist states sign Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies sign a defence pact in the Polish capital, Warsaw, places all member countries under one military command.

1957: Cheers as petrol rationing ended. Relief across the country as the paymaster general announces restrictions on fuel consumption. Unlike today when there is ample petrol and no bugger can afford to buy it...

1965 The field at Runnymede, the site of the signing of the Magna Carta, was dedicated by the Queen as a memorial to the late John F Kennedy, US President.

1977: Bobby Moore played his last competitive match for Second Division Fulham, away to Blackburn Rovers. He ended on a losing note, with the home side winning 1-0. On the same day, Liverpool became the first club to win the First Division title 10 times when they drew 0-0 at home to West Ham.

1988: Lawrie Sanchez scored the winning goal as Wimbledon upset the form book to beat Liverpool 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley.

2000: Wimbledon dropped out of the top flight after 14 years with a 2-0 defeat at Southampton as Bradford beat the drop by beating Liverpool 1-0.

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raveydavey · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject:

May 15th:

1536 The trial of Anne Boleyn. She was accused of incest, sleeping with 4 men and an assassination plot against her husband, King Henry VIII. She was found guilty and executed four days later.

1718 The first machine gun was patented by London lawyer James Puckle who, as a keen fisherman, intended to use it at sea! He began to manufacture it in London in 1721.

1929 In the first overseas football international, England lost to Spain 4-3, in Madrid.

1936 Aviator Amy Johnson arrived in England after a record-breaking 12 day, 15 hour flight from London to Cape Town and back.

1941 The first flight of Britain's first jet propelled aircraft, the Gloster-Whittle E28/39. It was devised by Frank Whittle.

2002: Zinedine Zidane scored one of the finest goals Hampden Park has ever seen, netting with a 20-yard left-foot volley into the top corner, to crown Real Madrid European champions for a record ninth time when they beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the Champions League final.

2007: Newcastle appointed Sam Allardyce as their new manager on a three-year contract. He left the club on January 9. Another in the long line of successful Toon managers....
1957: Britain drops its first H-bomb. After just two years of development, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb over Christmas Island, as the arms race begins to escalate.

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wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject:

2008 Leeds beat Carlisle 2-0 away to get through to the League One Play Off final

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raveydavey · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject:

May 16th:

1943 The famous ‘Dam Busters’ raid by the 617 Squadron of Lancaster bombers led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson breached the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany using the ‘bouncing’ bombs developed by Dr Barnes Wallis. They practiced their techniques at the Derwent Water Dam in Derbyshire where there is a memorial to them. The Eder was Europe’s largest dam, and massive damage and loss of life were caused by flood water, as well as a serious loss of hydroelectric power for the German industrial area of the Rhine. Take that Jerry!

1956: Jim Laker took 10 for 88 while playing for Surrey against the touring Australians at The Oval. He repeated the feat 10 weeks later in the Old Trafford Test match, where he ended up with 19 wickets.

1990: Gummer enlists daughter in BSE fight. The government again attempts to reassure the public that British beef is safe despite growing fears over BSE. Surely one of the most endearing images of a politician as he force feeds his child a potentially lethal burger...

2001: Prescott punches protester. Labour Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott punches a man who throws an egg at him during a visit to north Wales. Prescott may be a useless waste of space, but just for a moment I cheered the idiot on.

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raveydavey · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:40 am Post subject:

May 17th:

1215 The country was in a state of Civil War and English barons, in revolt against King John, took possession of London.

1861 A group of holidaymakers set off from London on the first foreign 'package trip' arranged by Thomas Cook. It was a six day holiday in Paris. Apparently the waiters were rude and surly even then.

1900 The siege of the British garrison at Mafeking by Boer forces was broken. The commander of the garrison, Colonel Robert Baden-Powell and his forces had held firm for 217 days.

1943: RAF raid smashes German dams. An audacious raid into the industrial heartland of Germany uses revolutionary bombs to flood the Ruhr valley. Take that Jerry! (Before any pedants post - the aircraft took off yesterday 16th) and bombed the dams in the early hours of the morning of the 17th. This makes it perfectly acceptable to post this fantastic fact on both days.)

1978: Charlie Chaplin's stolen body found. The coffin containing the body of Charlie Chaplin - missing since his grave was pillaged nearly two months ago - is found. Shocked

1993 In Britain, nurse Beverley Allitt was convicted of murdering four babies under her care at the Grantham and Kesteven hospital.

2000 Two Royal Marine commandos (Corporal Alan Chambers, 31, and Marine Charlie Paton, 29 became the first Britons to reach the geographical North Pole unaided.

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wewantourdarbyback · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:55 am Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJun5ziotfw

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raveydavey · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject:

May 18th:

1152: Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, marries Henry Plantagenet (later Henry II of England). She had been divorced two months earlier from King Louis VII of France.

1803 Bored with nobody to fight for almost a year, Britain abandoned the Treaty of Amiens and declared war on France, again! Hurrah - take that Frenchy!

1949: Rick Wakeman was born.

1951 Britain’s first four-engined jet bomber, the Vickers Valiant, made its maiden flight.

1964: Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots. Scores of youths are given prison sentences following violent clashes between gangs of Mods and Rockers.

1969 Britain’s champion motor racing driver, Graham Hill, won his fifth and record-breaking Monaco Grand Prix.

1991: Sharman becomes first Briton in space. Britain's first astronaut, 27-year-old Helen Sharman from Sheffield, has blasted into orbit. After living in Sheffield, anything seems an improvement.

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raveydavey · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject:

May 19th:

1649 England was declared a Commonwealth.

1935 T E Lawrence, English soldier and writer (known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia) died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.

1940 Churchill made his first broadcast as Prime Minister and called Nazism "the foulest and most soul-destroying tyranny that has ever darkened and stained the pages of history."

1965: Bobby Moore captained West Ham to victory in the European Cup Winners' Cup against 1860 Munich at Wembley.

1997: Labour to stub out tobacco sponsorship. The sponsorship of sports events by tobacco firms is to be outlawed, says Health Secretary Frank Dobson. Would you like your large donation back now Bernie..?

2004: Angry dads hit Blair with purple flour. Security at the House of Commons comes under scrutiny after Fathers 4 Justice protesters attack the prime minister. Shame it was only flour...

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raveydavey · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject:

May 20th:

1191 English King Richard I 'the Lion Heart' conquered Cyprus on his way to join the Crusaders in north west Israel.

1364 Birth of Sir Henry Percy, known as Harry Hotspur, supporter of Henry IV, who was the model for Shakespeare’s Hotspur in Henry IV.

1895 Birth of R.J. Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire aircraft.

1946 A bill for nationalization of British coal mines passed the Commons stage.

1958 The mayor and corporation of High Wycombe were weighed in, in full view of the public to see whether or not they had been getting fat at the taxpayers' expense!

1965: British police to be issued with tear gas. Britain's police are to be armed with tear gas guns and grenades for use against dangerous criminals. Shocked

1973: Royal Navy moves to protect trawlers. Britain sends in Royal Navy ships to protect fishing boats in the disputed Icelandic 50-mile zone. I can remember when Iceland was called Bejam... Very Happy

1993 Britain finally ratified the Maastricht Treaty which allowed greater co-operation between members of the European Union. A dark day in our proud history.

1996: After more than 650 games and 346 goals for Liverpool, legendary striker Ian Rush left Anfield on a free transfer to join Leeds. What was Wilko thinking..?

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raveydavey · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject:

May 21th:

1471 Henry VI, King of England, was murdered in the Tower of London where he had been imprisoned by Edward IV, who then resumed the throne.

1736 Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgwater, and builder of Britain's first canal was born.

1894 The official opening, by Queen Victoria, of the Scumchester Ship Canal. Thousands immediately set sail for the open seas.

1950: Tornado sweeps southern England. Two people die and more are injured as violent storms and a tornado sweep through counties around London.

1958: Trunk dialling heralds cheaper calls. Automated telephone connection making calls easier and cheaper will be introduced in December.

1966: Cooper loses to world champ Clay. American Cassius Clay beats Britain's Henry Cooper in the sixth round at the Arsenal football ground, North London.

2006: Watford were promoted to the Premier League after beating Leeds 3-0 in the Championship play-off final at the Millennium Stadium. Evil or Very Mad

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raveydavey · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:15 am Post subject:

May 22nd:

1455 In the Wars of the Roses, Richard of York and the Nevilles attacked the court at St Albans, capturing Henry VI and killing Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset.

1840 Britain ended the practice of sending convicts to the penal colony of Australia. Although their criminal ways would last for an eternity.

1946 George Best, former Northern Ireland and Scumchester United football player was born. When he was once asked what happened to the money he had earned, Best replied - 'I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.'

1981: Yorkshire Ripper jailed for life. Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, is sentenced to life imprisonment after the judge describes him as "an unusually dangerous man". He was found guilty of killing 13 women and the attempted murder of 7 others. An evil bastard and no mistake.

1996: Juventus beat Ajax on penalties to win the Champions League final in Rome.

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raveydavey · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject:

May 23rd: (Thanks Bron Embarassed

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878 The Saxon King Alfred defeated the Danes at Edington, Wiltshire. As part of the peace agreement, the Danish King, Guthrum, accepted Christianity and was baptized as a Christian.

1169 'The First Conquerors' landed in Ireland. They were Normans from Wales enlisted by Dermot MacMurrough to recover his kingdom of Leinster.

1430 Burgundian troops captured Joan of Arc and delivered her to the English.

1533 To the annoyance of the Pope, the English Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon to be void and his marriage to Anne Boleyn, to be legal. The result was a break with the church in Rome despite Henry’s title as ‘Protector of the Faith’.

1701 At London's Execution Dock, British privateer Captain Kidd was hanged for piracy and murder. Commissioned by the British crown in 1695 to apprehend pirates in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, Kidd apparently turned to piracy himself in 1697.

1933 Joan Collins, English actress was born.

1956 The first large-scale nuclear power station was opened at Calder Hall, Cumbria. It was decommissioned after producing electricity for almost 50 years.

1966: Emergency laws over seamen's strike. The British government declares a state of emergency a week after the nation's seamen strike begins.

1984: Villagers die in water plant blast. At least four people are dead and dozens more injured in an explosion at a Lancashire water treatment plant.

2002: Roy Keane left the Republic of Ireland's pre-World Cup training camp on the Pacific island of Saipan after a row with national team manager Mick McCarthy, who branded him "a disruptive influence".

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