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

1970 - The first New York City Marathon took place. Fireman Gary Muhrucke won the race.

1993 - Israel and Palestine signed their first major agreement. Palestine was granted limited self-government in the Gaza Strip and in Jericho.

1999 - At least 118 people were killed when a bomb exploded in Moscow.

Birthdays
J.B. Priestley 1894
Roald Dahl 1916
Mel Torme 1925
Randy Jones (The Village People) 1952
Dave Mustaine 1961 (Metallica)

1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band made their live debut at the Rock 'n' Roll Revival Concert. Eric Clapton was on guitar.

1991 - Alice Cooper sold his new album "Hey Stoopid" in New York's Times Square for 99 cents.

1996 - Tupac Shakur died six days after being shot four times in a drive-by shooting.

1998 - Mel B (Spice Girls) and Jimmy Gulzarof were married.

1999 - Marcelo Rodriguez, a Beverly Hills police officer, filed a multi-million dollar slander lawsuit against George Michael. The suit alleged that the singer had committed slander in the song and video for "Outside." Rodriguez had arrested Michael on charges of lewd behaviour in a public park on April 7, 1998.

1901 - U.S. President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin.

1927 - Isadora Duncan died when her scarf became entangled in the wheel of her car.

1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded.

1972 - "The Waltons" premiered on CBS-TV.

1978 - "Mork & Mindy" premiered on ABC-TV.

1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco died

1984 - Joe Kittinger became the first person to fly a balloon solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Birthdays
Jack Hawkins 1910
Pete Agnew (Nazareth) 1946
Sam Neill 1947
Steven Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1949

Ooh Er, forgot we had this thread.

Today in 1967 Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was killed in Bolivia

Iconic...

Who's he then

Underdog wrote:Who's he then

Remember this?

I remember it, But i never watched it, It was him then,

Che was also a biker, he had a 500cc Norton.

George formby had one too, can ya hear me mother, turned out nice again.