On This Day And In Previous Years (Brief Events In History)

[ItsRalphy]

think i'll have a Captain Morgan's tonight then

now were talking!

 

[Dizzy]

now were talking!

I might even push boat out and have a Kraken

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

Today is Yorkshire Day (UK)

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[ItsRalphy]

Ey up, sure is, and i am flying t'flag tha nose.

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

Ey up, sure is, and i am flying t'flag tha nose.
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Morning good neighbour, hope all is well?

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[ItsRalphy]

Morning good neighbour, hope all is well?

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

Absolutely fine my friend - just so damp up here LOL!

 

[Dizzy]

6th July 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England, Westminster

6th JUly 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine

6th July 1945 - Abbott and Costello's film "The Naughty Nineties" released featuring longest version of their "Who's on First" routine

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

love Abbott and Costello especially who's on first has me in stitches every time

 

[Dizzy]

5th Aug 642 The Battle of Maserfield (now widely identified as Oswestry), between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia. The battle ended in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismemberment.

5th Aug 1100

Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.

5th Aug 1620

The Mayflower departed from Southampton on its first attempt to reach North America

5th Aug 1858

The first transatlantic cable was officially opened, with Queen Victoria sending a telegraphic message to US President James Buchanan.

 

[Dizzy]

5th Aug 1901

Britain's first cinema, the Mohawk, opened in Islington, north London. Films were accompanied by the 16-piece Orchestra. At the height of their popularity in the 1940s, cinemas in Britain had average weekly attendances of 30 million

And I'd say it's still as popular today as it was back then

 

[Dizzy]

5th Aug 1984

The death of Richard Burton, Welsh actor, aged 58. Born at Pontrhydyfen

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

@Dizzy - very few forum members post in this thread - many thanks

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Dizzy]

@Dizzy - very few forum members post in this thread - many thanks

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

my pleasure I love stuff like this glad that I found it and I will be adding hope it's interesting for you too mate

 

[Dizzy]

7th Aug 1711

The first race meeting was held at Ascot, established by Queen Anne, thus giving them the status of 'Royal Ascot'.

7th Aug 1840

The employment of climbing boys as chimney sweeps was prohibited by an Act of Parliament.

7th Aug 1925

Britain introduced the Daylight Saving Act - bringing in British summer time so the nation changed clocks by one hour twice a year.

7th Aug 1926

The first British motor racing Grand Prix was staged at Brooklands; 110 laps of the track for a total distance of 287 miles. The winner was Robert Senechal in just over 4 hours, at an average speed of almost 72 miles an hour.

7th Aug 1961

The birth of Brian Conley, English comedian, television presenter, singer and actor.

 

[Dizzy]

8th Aug 1296

The Stone of Scone, on which Scottish kings had been crowned for centuries, was seized by King Edward I of England

8th Aug 1918

World War I -The start of the Battle of Amiens - Allied troops advanced against 20 German divisions and took 16,000 prisoners within 2 hours.

8th Aug 1940

The German Luftwaffe began a series of daylight air raids on Britain and so began The Battle of Britain which would continue into the following October.

8th Aug 1953

Nigel Mansell, English racing driver was born.

8th Aug 1963

The Great Train Robbery,

 

[Dizzy]

10th Aug 1675

King Charles II laid the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London.

10th Aug 1842

Britain passed the Mines Act - forbidding women and children from working underground.

10th Aug 1889

The screw bottle top was patented by Dan Rylands of Hope Glass Works, Yorkshire.

10th Aug 1895

The first Promenade Concert (The Proms) was held at the Queen's Hall, London, conducted by Henry Wood.

10th Aug 1897

The founding the the RAC - the Royal Automobile Club - originally known as the Automobile Club of Great Britain.

 

[Dizzy]

11th Aug 1587 Walter Raleigh's second expedition to the New World landed in North Carolina.

11th Aug 1858 The Eiger in the Swiss Bernese Alps was ascended for the first time by Irishman Charles Barrington accompanied by guides Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.

11th Aug 1897 The birth of Enid Blyton, English author

11th Aug 1909 The first recorded use of the new emergency wireless signal SOS.

 

[Dizzy]

11th Aug 1918 World War I: The end of the Battle of Amiens that ultimately led to the end of the First World War.

11th Aug 1941 President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter, largely to demonstrate public solidarity between the Allies.

11th Aug 1942 Barnes Wallis patented his 'bouncing bomb', used successfully to destroy German dams in the 2nd World War. The 'Dam Busters' practiced their techniques at the Derwent Dam in Derbyshire

11th Aug 1994 Actor Peter Cushing, OBE died.

11th Aug 1999 Up to 350m people throughout Europe and Asia witnessed the last total solar eclipse of the century.

 

[Dizzy]

13th Aug 1814 The Cape of Good Hope Province became a British colony when it was given over to the British by the Dutch for £6 million.

13th Aug 1888 John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer was born.

13th Aug 1899 The birth of Alfred Hitchcock

13th Aug 1910 The death of Florence Nightingale

13th Aug 1913 The first production in the UK of stainless steel by Sheffield born Harry Brearley

13th Aug 1913 The birth of Fred Davis, English professional snooker and billiards player whose professional career spanned from 1929 to 1993.

13th Aug 1964 The last hangings in Britain took place

 

[Dizzy]

16th Aug 1513 King Henry VIII of England and his troops defeated the French in the Battle of the Spurs, at Guinigatte, NW France

16th Aug 1743 The earliest prize-ring code of boxing rules was formulated in England by the champion fighter Jack Broughton

16th Aug 1858 A telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to US President Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable.

16th Aug 1897 Endowed by the sugar merchant Henry Tate, the Tate Gallery, in London, was opened.

16th Aug 1913 The completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary, the last battlecruiser built by the Royal Navy before World War I.

16th Aug 1960 Britain granted independence to the crown colony of Cyprus.

 

[Dizzy]

19th Aug 1274 The coronation of Edward I, known as 'Longshanks', as he was 6 feet 2 inches tall.

19th Aug 1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrived in Scotland (following the death of her French husband Francis II,) to assume the throne after spending 13 years in France.

19th Aug 1612 Three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury were put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft. It was one of the most famous witch trials in English history

19th Aug 1631 John Dryden, English poet and dramatist was born. He was the first official Poet Laureate of Great Britain.

19th Aug 1685 The beginning of the 'Bloody Assizes' in England with Judge Jeffreys regularly sentencing people to death.

19th Aug 1879 The laying of the foundation stone for the Eddystone Lighthouse.