On this day ............

LR told us this morning it was Freddie Mercury's birthday today

but also today

1960 - Cassius Clay won the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the Olympic Games in Rome
1964 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann's was released.
1986 - Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" won the MTV award for Best Video
1997 - Mother Theresa died
2003 - In London, magician David Blaine entered a clear plastic box and was suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames. He remained there until October 19 surviving only on water.

Gypsy wrote:LR told us this morning it was Freddie Mercury's birthday today

but also today

1960 - Cassius Clay won the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the Olympic Games in Rome
1964 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann's was released.
1986 - Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" won the MTV award for Best Video
1997 - Mother Theresa died
2003 - In London, magician David Blaine entered a clear plastic box and was suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames. He remained there until October 19 surviving only on water.

I can't believe that David Blaine stunt was 8 years ago.. I would have said about 3!

Like this thread, it should run forever!

3rdforum wrote:Like this thread, it should run forever!

On this day 3f also lost his Avatar

On this day in two days time I'll be in Addis Ababa .......

Has anyone else been?

On this day
1997 Princess Di was buried

1997 I got married

2007 Pavarotti dies

1899 - Carnation processed its first can of evaporated milk.
1959 - The first Barbie Doll was sold by Mattel Toy Corporation.
1997 - More than 2 million people watched the funeral service of Princess Diana that was held at Westminster Abbey.

AND as our Tenerife Forum for Fun member jets off to S Africa a couple of topical things - but we can´t blame her for either of them.

1939 - South Africa declared war on Germany.
1966 - In Cape Town, South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was stabbed to death during a parliamentary session.

3rdforum wrote:On this day
1997 Princess Di was buried

1997 I got married

Happy Anniversary D to you and your missus!

The Lone Ranger wrote:

3rdforum wrote:On this day
1997 Princess Di was buried

1997 I got married

Happy Anniversary D to you and your missus!

Thanks to both of you.

The Lone Ranger wrote:

3rdforum wrote:On this day
1997 Princess Di was buried

1997 I got married

Happy Anniversary D to you and your missus!

Happy Anniversary from Mermaid,sorry its late :Happy:

3rdforum wrote:On this day
1997 Princess Di was buried

1997 I got married

how many times you been wed then?

Thanks Mermaid,
Cunningham, I'm still on the first!

3rdforum wrote:Thanks Mermaid,
Cunningham, I'm still on the first!

mmm, i am happy with the third. wont be a fourth.unless she snuffs it, i dont do womans work.

3rdforum wrote:On this day
1997 Princess Di was buried

1997 I got married

So you can't even wait for her to be buried before you get a civil marriage to Charlie.

1901 - The Boxer Rebellion began in China ending the Peace of Beijing.

1940 - London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II.

1966 - The final episode of the original "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was aired on CBS-TV.

Birthdays
Elizabeth I (England) 1533, Buddy Holly 1936, Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) 1951,

1978 - Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died in London after overdosing on Hemenephirin at the age of 31.
1971 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" was seen for the final time on CBS-TV.

Topdog wrote:

3rdforum wrote:On this day
1997 Princess Di was buried

1997 I got married

So you can't even wait for her to be buried before you get a civil marriage to Charlie.

Ooops, my cover's blown!

Gypsy wrote:1901 - The Boxer Rebellion began in China ending the Peace of Beijing.

1940 - London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II.

1966 - The final episode of the original "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was aired on CBS-TV.

Birthdays
Elizabeth I (England) 1533, Buddy Holly 1936, Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) 1951,

1978 - Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died in London after overdosing on Hemenephirin at the age of 31.
1971 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" was seen for the final time on CBS-TV.

I used to love the Beverly HillieBillies especially Grandma.

3rdforum wrote:

I used to love the Beverly HillieBillies especially Grandma.

Now you are showing your age

Mermaid wrote:

3rdforum wrote:

I used to love the Beverly HillieBillies especially Grandma.

Now you are showing your age

No just likes them old.

3rdforum wrote:

I used to love the Beverly HillieBillies especially Grandma.

Jethro de bodine was my favorite dun graduated 6th grade,

1943 Italy's surrender to Allied forces is announced to the world

1157 King Richard I (the Lion Heart) was born.

1560 Amy Robsart, wife of the Earl of Leicester, died from a fall. It was suspected that she was pushed, for soon after, the earl became an active suitor to Queen Elizabeth I.

1664 The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British, who, in 1669, renamed it New York after the Duke of York.

1760 British troops under Jeffrey Amherst defeated the French in the Battle of Montreal. After the loss, the French surrendered their arms throughout Canada.

1888 Annie Chapman was found disembowelled in an East London street, the second victim of 'Jack the Ripper'.

1888 The first English Football League matches were played.

1921 Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer and singer was born.

1925 Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian was born.

1944 The first German V2 flying bombs fell on Britain, exploding at Chiswick in London, killing 3 people.

1960 Publishers Penguin Books were charged with public obscenity for publishing D.H. Lawrence's controversial book - 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'.

1966 Queen Elizabeth II officially opened The Severn Bridge linking south Wales with south west England.

1968 British tennis player Virginia Wade beat American Billie Jean King to win the US Open.

1998 The dissident republican group behind Northern Ireland's worst atrocity (the Real IRA) declared its violence at an end.

2000 The fuel protests which had been crippling France for the past week reached Britain with a series of actions across the country.

2007 Portuguese police named both parents of missing schoolgirl Madeleine McCann (who disappeared on 3rd May) as formal suspects. Gerry McCann was officially given "arguido" status as was his wife Kate after they had been questioned separately for more than 24 hours.

1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York.

1866 - The first recorded birth of sextuplets took place in Chicago, IL. The parents were James and Jennie Bushnell.

1952 - The Ernest Hemingway novel "The Old Man and the Sea" was published.

1966 - NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap".

1974 - U.S. President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former U.S. President Nixon.

1977 - Jimmy McCulloch quit Paul McCartney & Wings to join a reformed lineup for the Small Faces

1988 - Elton John sold some of his costumes and concert memorabilia at an auction in London for $6.2 million

1999 - Russia's Mission Control switched off the Mir space station's central computer to save energy during a planned six months of unmanned flights.

Birthdays

Richard the Lionhearted (England) 1157
Antonin Dvorak 1841
Peter Sellers 1925
Patsy Cline 1932
Ron McKernan (Grateful Dead) 1945
David Arquette 1971
Pink (Alecia Beth Moore) 1979 - Singer