Just a bit of fun......a few things that happened on this day in history....
1588 - Sir Francis Drake (and others lol) defeats the Spanish Armada of the coast of Gravelines, France
1848 - Tipperary Revolt is put down by the police
1883 - Mussolini born
1890 - Vincent Van Gogh died
1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party
1923 - Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall Amplification born (argueably the best guitar amps in the world, certainly the best known)
1948 - opening of the 14th Summer Olympic Games in London, the first games since Berlin in 1936
1965 - the first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay
1974 - Cass Elliot (Mama Cass) of the Mamas and Papas died
1983 - David Niven died
...and today is also National Anthem Day in Romania
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also:
1927: Bellevue Hospital in NY installs 1st iron lung
1928: Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released
1655: Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam
1963 - Peter, Paul and Mary's "Blowin' In The Wind" was released.
1965 - The Beatles film "Help!" premiered in London.
1966 - Bob Dylan was seriously injured when he crashed his motorcycle near Woodstock, NY.
1967 - The Temptations' "You're My Everything" was released.
1980 - David Bowie opened in the title role of "Elephant Man."
1981 - The debut album "Time" was released by The Time.
1982 - Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) and Tracie Wilson were married.
30th of July...
1968 - Ron Hansen of the Washington Senators made the first unassisted triple play in the major leagues in 41 years.
1974 - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power.
1975 - Jimmy Hoffa, former Teamsters union president, disappeared in Michigan. His remains were never found.
1990 - The first Saturn automobile rolled off the assembly line.
1996 - A federal law enforcement source said that security guard Richard Jewell had become the focus of the investigation into the bombing at Centennial Olympic Park. Jewell was later cleared as a suspect.
1997 - 14 Israelis were killed in a double suicide bombing in a Jerusalem marketplace. The Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombings.
1998 - A group of Ohio machine-shop workers (who call themselves the Lucky 13) won the $295.7 million Powerball jackpot. It was the largest-ever American lottery.
2000 - Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were married.
2001 - Lance Armstrong became the first American to win three consecutive Tours de France.
2003 - In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagon Beetle rolled off an assembly line.
1498 - Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, arrived at the island of Trinidad
1790 - The first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes. The substance was used in fertilizer
1792 - The cornerstone of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, PA, was laid. It was the first building to be used only as a U.S. government building.
1919 - Germany's Weimar Constitution was adopted.
1928 - MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time. He introduced MGM’s first talking picture, "White Shadows on the South Seas."
1932 - Enzo Ferrari retired from racing. In 1950 he launched a series of cars under his name.
1945 - Pierre Laval of France surrendered to Americans in Austria.
1948 - U.S. President Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field.
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1498 - Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, arrived at the island of Trinidad
1790 - The first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes. The substance was used in fertilizer
1792 - The cornerstone of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, PA, was laid. It was the first building to be used only as a U.S. government building.
1919 - Germany's Weimar Constitution was adopted.
1928 - MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time. He introduced MGM’s first talking picture, "White Shadows on the South Seas."
1932 - Enzo Ferrari retired from racing. In 1950 he launched a series of cars under his name.
1945 - Pierre Laval of France surrendered to Americans in Austria.
1948 - U.S. President Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field.
1964 - Marie was born! :giggle:
:giggle: :happy:On 3rd August 0008, Roman Empire general Tiberius defeated the Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
After that, for 2001 years, nothing exciting ever happened on August 3rd.
On August 3rd 2010, Taoiseach Willie O'Dea will announce the relocation of the capital to Limerick, after the great floods of June 2010. New ferry services will be introduced between Holyhead and Edenderry. Killiney island, now twenty miles off the Kildare shoreline, will become an independent principality, under the absentee King Bono.
:cheers:
Say say lets party like it's 123456789:uhoh:
I took the liberty of blowing out the candles too but I can't tell you what you wished for as it might not come true then.Jesus,,, Bewbies,,,, just ask xxxxxxxxx
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Happy Birthday Padds!!!
I baked you a cake, it had candles and everything, but since I don't know where you live I was forced to eat it myself. It was lovely
I took the liberty of blowing out the candles too but I can't tell you what you wished for as it might not come true then.
Meath,,,, Meath,,,, Newbie xxxxxxxx
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Happy Birthday Padds!!!
I baked you a cake, it had candles and everything, but since I don't know where you live I was forced to eat it myself. It was lovely
I took the liberty of blowing out the candles too but I can't tell you what you wished for as it might not come true then.
apart from the music of Padds first baby cries, musically on this day
1865 - Composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was born.
1954 - Elvis Presley made an appearance in Memphis where he debuted "That's All Right (Mama)."
1959 - The four male members of the Platters are arrested and charged with aiding and abetting prostitution, lewdness and assignation. They were acquitted on December 10, 1959.
1968 - The Who's "Magic Bus" was released.
1970 - Jim Morrison's trial for allegedly exposing himself onstage in Miami, FL, began.
1972 - Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for drug possession after a concert in Gothenburg Sweden. Paul was fined $1,000 and Linda $200.
1975 - "Manhattan Transfer," the summer variety show, premiered on CBS-TV.
1982 - Johnny Lyon (Asbury Jukes) married Jill Glasner.
1985 - Madonna's "Like A Virgin" became the first album by a female to be certified for 5 million sales.
1995 - Jimmy Buffett led a birthday celebration for U.S. President Clinton's birthday at the White House.
1999 - It was announced that Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs was leaving Oasis
and he shares with Cecil B. DeMille 1881 ...
lights, camera action Mr Dub... &
1877 - Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording of Padds singing Happy Birthday to Mr Dub ... afterwards Padds went hunting in the woods ... 1942: "Bambi," Walt Disney's fifth animated feature, opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall. ... Disney have the CCTV evidence....
