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1934 - Famous outlaws Bonnie & Clyde killed by police
1944 - Heinrich Himmler commits suicide in Allied custody
1960 - Israeli special forces announce the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1966 - The Beatles release Paperback Writer
1998 - The Good Friday Agreement is accepted by the people of Northern Ireland in a referendum - 75% voting yes

Really interesting, eh? :shake:
 
On this day in history:

1961 - JFK promised to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade
1968 - The Rolling Stones release Jumpin' Jack Flash
1977 - Star Wars IV - A New Hope was first released
1983 - Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi released
1989 - Mikael Gorbachev elected President of the USSR
 
Yes, I mean to start a thread actually. Thank you :bow:

I will update as often as I can but obviously if anyone else comes across fascinating bits and pieces, please post!
 
25 May1768James Cook promoted to Lieutenant and given command of the bark, HMS Endeavour.

1795HMS Thorn , Cdr. Robert Otway, captured Courier National in the West Indies.

1801Boats of HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. T Rogers, re-took and brought out Bulldog from Ancona but had to abandon her.

1811Tamatave and French frigate Nereide surrendered to HMS Astrea (36), Cptn. Charles Marsh Schomberg.

1812HMS Hyacinth (26), Cptn. Thomas Ussher, HMS Termagant (18), Cptn. Gawen William Hamilton, and HMS Basilisk (14), Lt. George French, silenced the fortress and destroyed a small privateer at Almunecar.

1814Boats of HMS Elizabeth (74), Cptn. Leveson Gower, took Aigle off Corfu.
 
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#OnThisDay 1982 Type 42 Destroyer HMS COVENTRY is lost during action with Argentine Aircraft in which several bombs hit. 19 sailors died, most of which were in the Ops Room and Dining Hall areas where bombs hit. @RoyalNavy
 
982: RAF bombs Port Stanley
British planes have carried out raids on two airstrips near Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands which are currently occupied by Argentinian forces.
The attack was designed to deny the Argentines the means of landing supplies on the islands or attacking the British fleet patrolling the 200-mile exclusion zone.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, the British Task Force commander, said the mission was a success. "We didn't want this fight but we've shown our colours and this is our day," he said.
A Vulcan bomber with a back-up plane launched the attack before dawn from its base on Ascension Island, 3,000 miles from the Falklands.
The bombing was carried out at a height of 10,000 feet under cover of darkness - out of range of Argentine anti-aircraft missiles that can only be used against visible targets.
The plane dropped 21 bombs altogether and was followed by a force of Harrier jump-jets sent from aircraft carriers patrolling off shore.
These took pictures of the damage done by the Vulcan and bombed the grass airstrip at Goose Green 55 miles west of Port Stanley.
Retaliation
The Harriers also dropped 1,000lb bombs and 30mm Aden canon shells to destroy fuel and ammunition dumps.
They then scattered cluster bombs over the rubble of the airstrips to prevent any attempts to repair the damage.
The Argentine force retaliated with anti-aircraft guns, Tiger Cat missiles and sent out its Mirage and Canberra bombers.
The Argentines said the raids failed to destroy the runways and claimed a British pilot died and two Harriers were destroyed.
But the Ministry of Defence said none of its aircraft were shot down. It said only one Harrier was slightly damaged sustaining a hole in its tailfin that has now been repaired.
 
1657 - First Quakers arrive in New Amsterdam (now New York of course)
1796 - Tennessee admitted as 16th state of USA
1922 - Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded
1935 - Driving test is introduced in UK
1958 - Charles de Gaulle elected President of France
1962 - Adolf Eichmann executed in Israel following war crimes conviction
1973 - Paul McCartney and Wings release Live and Let Die
2007 - Smoking banned in public places in UK
2009 - Air France 447 crashes into the Atlantic en route from Rio to Paris killing all 228 on board
 
Significant Events
  • 455 King Gaiseric & the Vandals sack Rome - Rome looted for 14 days
  • 1862 Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virgina during US Civil War
  • 1896 Guglielmo Marconi applies to patent the radio, accepted 2 July 1897
  • 1935 Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
  • 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England
  • 1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy
 
Prodemocracy protest in Tiananmen Square crushed by Chinese military
On this day in 1989, the Chinese government called in the military to put down a prodemocracy demonstration staged by more than 100,000 people in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, resulting in hundreds of deaths.

I dont know who said "fucking hell I could murder a Chinese"
 
1717 - The Freemasons are founded in London
1896 - Henry Ford takes his first Ford car through the streets of Detroit.
1913 - Suffragette Emily Davison steps in front of the King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby
1927 - First Ryder Cup - US beats England 9.5 to 2.5 at Worcester, Massachusetts
1945 - UK, US, France and Soviet Union agree to divide up occupied Germany
1946 - Juan Peron is installed as Argentina's president
1970 - Tonga declares independence from the UK
1982 - Star Trek 2 - The Wrath of Khan is released
1984 - Born in the USA by The Boss is released
1989 - The Solidarity Party comes to power in Poland after the first free elections for 40 years
 
Great album that by Bruce. It is interesting (I think!!!!!!!!!) he wanted to release a low key album, Nebraska, and pursuaded his record label if they agreed to do that, he would deliver a smash hit album after. And boy did he!?
 
Tuesday, Wednesday break so time to be interest again :tophat:

  • 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the new world along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa
  • 1628 English King Charles I ratifies the Petition of Rights
  • 1654 Louis XIV crowned King of France
  • 1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
  • 1965 The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples
  • 1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public
 

On This Day
  • Calendar June 8
Significant Events
  • 452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun
  • 793 Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert's monastery on Lindisfarne Island, off the northeast coast of England
  • 1191 King Richard I of England arrives at Acre in modern day Israel to join the Siege of Acre during the Third Crusade
  • 1783 Laki volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption, killing 10,000 and causing widespread famines throughout Asia and Europe
  • 1789 James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the US House of Representatives
  • 1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered
  • 1987 New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels in NZ. Only nation to legislate against nuclear power
 
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