Sarah 14,321 Report post Posted May 6, 2014 Random ongoing thread - feel free to add to this - content is as per thread header 6th May (this makes me feel old! lol) 1994 The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarah 14,321 Report post Posted May 6, 2014 Guess who was born on this day...... 1856 Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robke 13,378 Report post Posted May 6, 2014 1937 Hindenburg Explodes in New Jersey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asslinn 485 Report post Posted May 6, 2014 1945 World War II The Prague offensive, the last major battle of the eastern front, begins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarah 14,321 Report post Posted May 6, 2014 7th May 1847 The American Medical Association is formed in Philadelphia. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robke 13,378 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 1960 Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the Soviet Union. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asslinn 485 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 1946 : Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarah 14,321 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 1946 : Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees. 20! They've got a few more than that now lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 10,754 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 2012 - Paeleoclimatological research claims dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the earth 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Removed #5 11 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 1429 - English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarah 14,321 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 2012 - Paeleoclimatological research claims dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the earth :eek: i had to read that 3 times then! lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 10,754 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 1429 - English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army "burn her. . . she's a witch" (Monty Python) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Removed #5 11 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 2012 - Paeleoclimatological research claims dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the earth and I've read that today it's also blamed on bovine flatulence ... how many cows does it take to make up one dinosaur? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 10,754 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 and I've read that today it's also blamed on bovine flatulence ... how many cows does it take to make up one dinosaur? Depends on the dinosaur Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asslinn 485 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 20! They've got a few more than that now lol LOL yeah a few more 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Removed #5 11 Report post Posted May 8, 2014 May 8 1945: The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, officially announces the end of the war with Germany.The cease fire was signed in Number 10, yesterday but will be signed again with the Russian contingent today. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robke 13,378 Report post Posted May 8, 2014 1933 Hahatma Gandhi begins a hunger strike to protest British oppression in India. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidjk 754 Report post Posted May 8, 2014 1968 The Kray twins, Reginald and Ronnie and their brother Charlie are arrested after dawn raids by police in London Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asslinn 485 Report post Posted May 8, 2014 1984: The Thames Barrier is officially opened. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robke 13,378 Report post Posted May 10, 2014 1994 Nelson Mandela is sworn in as South Africa's first black president. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarah 14,321 Report post Posted May 10, 2014 1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mydiamond 6,136 Report post Posted May 10, 2014 Whoa! 2005 - A hand grenade which was thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he was giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Val (Zebedee) 4,942 Report post Posted May 10, 2014 Random ongoing thread - feel free to add to this - content is as per thread header 6th May (this makes me feel old! lol) 1994 The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened. Missed this one but on 6th May 1989, my first son was born! Does that count?? lol Will go look for today's "on this day" news 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robke 13,378 Report post Posted May 10, 2014 Missed this one but on 6th May 1989, my first son was born! Does that count?? lol Will go look for today's "on this day" news is ok I missed to post that yesterday 09-05 my son was born 20 years ago...lol 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Val (Zebedee) 4,942 Report post Posted May 10, 2014 1503 - Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands. 1960, The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) auditioned for promoter Larry Parnes and singer Billy Fury for a job as Fury's backing group. Parnes was also looking for backing groups for his lesser-known acts, and The Silver Beetles were selected as backing group for singer Johnny Gentle's upcoming tour of Scotland. The group had changed its name from 'The Beatals' to 'The Silver Beetles' after Brian Casser (of Cass and the Cassanovas) remarked that the name 'Beatals' was "ridiculous". He suggested they use the name 'Long John and the Silver Beetles', but John Lennon refused to be referred to as 'Long John'. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
