death tribble Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 (edited) In late breaking news ABBA won the Eurovison Song Contest 1974 for Sweden with Waterloo. This was on 6th April 1974. Nowadays Eurovision is in May so I missed the actual date. It is the 50th anniversary which makes me feel old as I remember watching it. Randy Travis is 75 today and Rory McIlroy (golfer) is 35 Edited May 29 by death tribble GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 John Rhys-Davis is 80 today, Ian McCulloch (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 65 GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 May 6th 1527 Spanish and German troops sack Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(1527) May 6th 1682 Louis XIV moves his court to Versailles May 6th 1757 Battle of Prague The Prussians and the Austrians clash with the Austrians retreating but the Prussians not able to follow up. This took place in the Seven Years War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prague_(1757) May 6th 1840 The Penny Black stamp becomes valid in Britain and Ireland May 6th 1863 The Battle of Chancellorsville ends in a Conederate victory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville May 6th 1889 The Eiffel Tower is opened to the public May 6th 1910 George V becomes king of Britain with the death of Edward VII May 6th 1915 Babe Ruth hits his first home run in baseball SY Aurora breaks free from its moorings beginning a 312 day ordeal for its crew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SY_Aurora's_drift May 6th 1937 The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed at Lakehurst New Jersey as it tries to land. 36 people are killed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster May 6th 1940 John Steinbeck wins the Pulitzer prize for The Grapes of Wrath May 6th 1945 The Prague Offensive begins the last major battle of the Eastern Front https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_offensive May 6th 1954 Roger Bannister runs the first sub 4 minute mile May 6th 1966 Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moor Murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders May 6th 1994 The Channel Tunnel is opened by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II and French President Mitterand May 6th 2013 Amanda Berry escapes from Ariel Castro leading to his arrest and the release of two other women he had abducted and held prisoner in his home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Castro_kidnappings May 6th 2023 Coronation of King Charles II Born this day Marcellus II and Innocent X popes, Andre Massena (french marshall under Napoleon), Maximellion Robespierre, Sigmund Freud, Robert Peary, Rudolph Valentino, Stewart Granger, Orson Welles, Paul Lauterbur (Nobel laureate), Willie Mays (baseball player), Andreas Baader, Bob Seger, Alan Dale (actor), Tony Blair, Graeme Souness (footballer), Anne Parillaud, George Clooney, Dakota Kai (Wrestler) Died this day L Frank Baum (Oz books), Monty Wooley (actor), Wilfred Hyde White (British actor), Giulio Andreotti (Italian politician) and George Perez GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 (edited) May 9th 1386 England and Portugal ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force May 9th 1662 The figure who later becomes Mr Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England May 9th 1671 Thomas Blood disguised as a clergyman attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London May 9th 1864 The Danish fleet defeat the combined Austrian and Prussian fleets at the Battle of the Heligoland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heligoland_(1864) May 9th 1873 Der Krach. The Vienna stock exchange crash heralds the Long Depression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1873 May 9th 1915 Second battle of Artois begins between France and Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Artois May 9th 1941 U110 is captured by the Royal Navy on board which is the latest Enigma machine which allied cryptographers use to crack coded German messages May 9th 1955 West Germany joins NATO May 9th 1980 The Norco Shootout takes place. 5 masked men hold up a bank leading to a shoot out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. 33 police and civilian cars are destroyed in the chase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norco_shootout A Liberian freighter collides with a bridge in Florida causing a 430 metre section to collapse into the water leading to 35 deaths from six cars and a Greyhound bus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Summit_Venture May 9th 1987 LOT Polish Airways flight 5055 crashes an hour after take off killing all onboard. The deadliest air crash in Polish history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOT_Polish_Airlines_Flight_5055 May 9th 2011 Accra Sports Stadium disaster. 129 fans are killed in a stampede caused by police firing tear gas in Ghana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra_Sports_Stadium_disaster Alan Bennett is 90, Billy Joel is 75 today, Rosario Dawson and Andrew W K are 45 today Born this day John Brown (yeah that John Brown), Adam Opel (founded Opel firm), J.M. Barrie (wrote Peter Pan), Howard Carter, Sophie Scholl (German activist killed in WW2), Pancho Gonzales (tennis player), Joan Sims, Geraldine McEwan, Albert Finney, Glenda Jackson, Candice Bergen, Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode, Paul Heaton (Beautiful South), Ghostface Killah Died this day Francois Faber (first foreigner to win the Tour de France), Albert Abraham Michelson (Nobel prize laureate), Finlay Currie (actor), Ulrike Meinhoff, Aldo Moro (Italian politician), Edmond O'Brien, Tenzing Norgay, Alice Faye, Alan King, Lena Horne, Vidal Sassoon, Robert Miles (DJ), Freddie Starr (comedian), Little Richard Edited May 9 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 The man who changed everything--even if he didn't mean to--George Lucas, was born on this day eighty years ago. This is the May. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Bill Buford is 75 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 (edited) James Fox and Nancy Kwan are both 85 today. Phill Rudd (AC/DC drummer) is 80 Luis Ocana died 30 years ago today and Sir Jack Brabham died 10 years ago today Edited May 19 by death tribble GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 May 20th 685 AD the battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between the Pics and the Northumbrians with the former winning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dun_Nechtain May 20th 1217 The second battle of Lincoln sees the forces of prince Louis defeated by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lincoln_(1217) May 20th 1449 The battle of Alfarrobeira is fought in Portugal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alfarrobeira May 20th 1631 The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of the inhabitants massacred https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Magdeburg May 20th 1645 The ten day massacre of up to 800,000 people in the city of Yangzhou as part of the transition of Ming to Qing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangzhou_massacre May 20th 1741 British forces lose the battle of Cartagena de Indias and retreat to Jamaica with substantial losses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias May 20th 1813 Napoleon leads his troops into battle against a combined Russian ad Prussian army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bautzen_(1813) May 20th 1864 Battle of Ware Bottom Church. Confederate victory in the American Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ware_Bottom_Church May 20th 1883 Krakatoa begins erupting May 20th 1927 Charles Lindbergh takes off from America to cross the Atlantic non-stop solo. May 20th 1932 Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland on the first non-stop flight by a woman across the Atlantic from America May 20th 1941 The battle of Crete begins as German paratroopers invade Crete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crete May 20th 1943 Luttra Woman is discovered in Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luttra_Woman May 20th 1956 Operation Redwing. A hydrogen bomb is dropped at Bikini Atoll May 20th 1967 the battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hamburger_Hill May 20th 1971 Pakistani forces massacre thousands mostly Bengali Hindus in the Chuknagar massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuknagar_massacre May 20th 1983 first publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that leads to AIDS by French scientists May 20th 2013 An EF5 tornado strikes the suburb of Moore in Oklahoma City killing 24 and injuring 377 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moore_tornado John Cruickshank VC is 104 today (last living recipient of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War), Road Dogg (is 55 today Born this day Honore de Balzac, William Fargo (co-founder of Wells Fargo), Frederic Passy (Nobel Laureate), Eduard Buckner (Nobel prize laureate), Sigrid Undset (Nobel prize laureate), R J Mitchell (inventor of the Spitfire), James Stewart, Gardner Fox, Moshe Dayan, Edward B Lewis (Nobel prize laureate), Alexei Tupolev, David Hedison, Anthony Zerbe, Joe Cocker, Cher, Jane Wiedlin, Timothy Olyphant, Busta Rhymes, Chris Froome (cyclist, won all three Grand Tours), Jack Gleeson (Joffrey in Game of Thrones) Died this day Werner von Heidenstam (Nobel prize laureate) Philip Leonard (Nobel prize laureate), Barbara Hepworth, Gilda Radner, Jon Pertwee, John Hicks (Nobel prize laureate), Randy Savage, Robin Gibb, Ray Manzarek and Nikki Lauda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 May 23rd 1430 AD Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundian forces. She is later given to the English. May 23rd 1568 Dutch rebels under Louis of Nassau defeat Spanish loyalists and begin the Eighty Years War with the Battle of Heiligeree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heiligerlee_(1568) May 23rd 1618 The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague May 23rd 1706 The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Ramillies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ramillies May 23rd 1793 Battle of Famars. The French are defeated by a Coalition army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Famars May 23rd 1873 The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police, the precursor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police May 23rd 1900 Sgt William Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in the American Civil War in 1863 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wagner May 23rd 1934 Bonnie and Clyde are killed in an ambush May 23rd 1939 The USS Squalus sinks of the coast of New Hampshire leading to the deaths of 24 sailors and 2 civilian technicians. 32 sailors are rescued the next day May 23rd 1992 Prominent anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falconne, his wife and three bodyguards are assassinated by the Corleonesi clan with a half tonne bomb in Capaci, Sicily May 23rd 1995 The first version of the Java Programming language is released May 23rd 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting Yes May 23rd 1999 Owen Hart dies in a botched entrance to a WWE PPV match May 23rd 2021 A cable car falls from a mountain in Northern Italy leading to the deaths of 14 people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stresa–Mottarone_cable_car_crash John Newcombe (Australian tennis player) is 80 today, the singer Jewel is 50 today Born this day Franz Mesmer, Ambrose Burnside (American Civil War general), Douglas Fairbanks, Par Lagerkvist (Nobel prize laureate), John Bardeen (Nobel prize laureate), Scatman Crothers, Rosemary Clooney, Nigel Davenport, Joan Collins, Robert Moog, Anatoly Karpov (chess player), Marvin Hagler, Drew Carey, Rubens Barrichello (Formula 1 racer), Bray Wyatt Died this day Captain Kidd (pirate), Kit Carson, Henrik Ibsen, John D Rockefeller, Heinrich Himmler (suicide), Roger Moore GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 (edited) Sir Ian McCellen is 85 today and Frank Oz is 80 today EDIT: Geraint Thomas is 38 today and racing in the Giro so it is churlish of me not to mention him Edited May 25 by death tribble GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 May 27th 1199 AD John is crowned King of England May 27th 1644 Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun Dynasty at the battle of the Shanhai Pass allowing the Manchus to enter and capture the capital city Beijing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanhai_Pass May 27th 1703 Tsar Peter the Great founds St Petersburg May 27th 1799 Austrians defeat the French at Winterthur during the War of the Second Coalition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Winterthur May 27th 1883 Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia May 27th 1896 An F4 strength tornado hits St Louis Missouri and East St Louis Illinois killing 255 people and causing $10 million of damage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_St._Louis–East_St._Louis_tornado May 27th 1904 Battle of Tsushima begins between Russia and Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima May 27th 1915 HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness Kent killing 352 people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Irene May 27th 1917 Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Code_of_Canon_Law May 27th 1930 The Chrysler Building in New York city opens to the public https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building May 27th 1937 The Golden Gate bridge opens to pedestrian traffic. May 27th 1940 In the Le Paradis massacre 99 soldiers of the Royal Norfolk regiment are shot after surrendering to the Germans. Two survive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Paradis_massacre May 27th 1941 the battleship Bismarck is sunk by the Royal Navy with the loss of almost 2,100 lives May 27th 1942 Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague as part of Operation Anthropoid. He dies of his injuries eight days later May 27th 1950 the Linnanmaki amusement park opens in Helsinki, Finland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnanmäki May 27th 1958 the first flight of the F4 McDonnell Douglas Phantom II May 27th 1962 the Centralia mine fire begins May 27th 1967 Australians vote in favour during a referendum to allow the government to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the census May 27th 1971 The worst railway accident i West Germany occurs, the Dahlerau train disaster in which 46 people are killed and 25 injured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlerau_train_disaster Pakistani forces massacre 200 civilians, mainly Bengal Hindus in the Bagbati massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagbati_massacre May 27th 1975 The Dibbles Bridge coach crash takes place near Grassington in North Yorkshire. This is the highest ever death toll in a road accident with 33 dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Dibbles_Bridge_coach_crash May 27th 1980 The Gwanjou massacre takes place. Airborne and army troops retake Gwanjou from civilian militias killing at least 207. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising May 27th 1984 The Danube-Black Sea canal opens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube–Black_Sea_Canal May 27th 1997 The central Texas tornado outbreak occurs including the F5 that kills 27 in Jarrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Central_Texas_tornado_outbreak May 27th 2006 The Yogyakarta earthquake occurs in central Java killing 5,700 and leaving 37,000 injured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Yogyakarta_earthquake It is Siouxsie Sioux's birthday today so the country is taking the day off. Adam Carolla is 60 today, Denise Van Outen (actress) is 50 today, Lily Rose Depp is 25 Born this day Cornelius Vanderbilt, Wild Bill Hickok, Dashiell Hammett, Hubert Humphrey, Vincent Price, Herman Wouk, Otto Carius (panzer ace), Christopher Lee, Henry Kissinger, Harlan Ellison, Lee Meriwether, Louis Gossett Jr, Cilla Black, Bruce Weitz, John Conteh (English boxer), Eric Bischoff, Neil Finn (Crowded House), Peri Gilpin, Pat Cash (tennis player), Heston Blumenthal (chef), Joseph Fiennes, Paul Bettany, Lisa Lopes, Andre 3000, Jamie Oliver (British chef). Natalya (WWE wrestler) Died this day John Calvin, Francois Ravaillac (assassin of Henri IV of France, tortured and put to death), Francoise Athenais de Rochefort, Marquise de Montespan (Louis XIV's mistress), Captain Ernst Lindemann (Bismarck), Admiral Gunther Lutjens (Bismarck), Robert Ripley (founder of Ripley's Believe it or Not), Jeffrey Hunter, John Howard Northrop (Nobel laureate), Paul Gleason, Ed Yost (invented modern hot air balloon), Clive Granger (Nobel prize laureate), Jeff Conaway, Gil Scott Heron, Bill Pertwee (British actor), Gregg Allman, Garner Dozois GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 4 hours ago, death tribble said: May 27th 1199 AD John is crowned King of England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 May 28th 585 BC Battle of the Eclipse. Herodotus wrote in his histories that Greek philosopher and scientist Thales predicted a solar eclipse and this occurred in a battle between the Medes and Lydians leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eclipse May 28th 621 AD Battle of Hulao. Tang forces decisively defeat the Sui dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hulao May 28th 1242 Avignonet Massacre. Cathars kill twelve members of an Inquisition party in France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignonet_massacre May 28th 1588 The Spanish Armada starts to leave port for the English Channel from Lisbon. It will take until May 30th for all ships to be underway. May 28th 1644 During the English Civil War the town of Bolton is stormed and the staunchly Parliamentarian forces are massacred by Royalists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_Bolton May 28th 1754 The French-Indian War begins with the battle of Jumonville Glen. 22 year old Lt Col George Washington with Virginia Militia ambushes a French reconnaissance party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jumonville_Glen May 28th 1871 The Paris Commune falls after two months. May 28th 1905 The Battle of Tsushima ends with the defeat of the Russian Baltic fleet by the Imperial Japanese Navy. May 28th 1907 The first Isle of Man TT race is held May 28th 1934 The Dionne quintuplets are born near Callander, Ontario, Canada. They are the first quintuplets to survive infancy. May 28th 1937 Volkswagen is founded May 28th 1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany British, Polish and French troops recapture Narvik, the first Allied infantry victory of the war May 28th 1964 The Palestine Liberation Organisation is founded with Yasar Arafat as its first leader May 28th 1977 In Southgate Kentucky the Beverley Hills Supper Club is engulfed in flames killing 165 people inside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Supper_Club_fire May 28th 1979 Greece joins the European Economic Community May 28th 1987 a West German pilot Mathius Rust evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Moscow's Red Square May 28th 1995 An earthquake hits the Russian settlement of Neftegorsk leading to 1989 deaths and between $64.1-300 million of damage. The settlement is not rebuilt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Neftegorsk_earthquake May 28th 1999 After 22 years of restoration Da Vinci's The Last Supper is put back on display in Milan. May 28th 2010 In West Bengal India a train derailment and collision kills 148 people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnaneswari_Express_train_derailment Rudolph Giuliani and Gladys Knight are 80 today Born this day William Pitt the Younger (British PM), P G T Beauregard (American Civil War general), Jim Thorpe (athlete), Ian Fleming, T-Bone Walker, Thora Hird (British actress), Carroll Baker, Sondra Locke, John Fogerty, Wendy O Williams, Kylie Minogue, Carey Mulligan, Seth Rollins (Wrestler) Died this day Anne Bronte, Audie Murphy, Edward VIII (abdicated British king), eric Morecombe (British comedian), Phil Hartman, Beryl Cook (British painter, Gary Coleman, Maya Angelou, Patricia Brake (British actress) GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 (edited) This completes all days in May as having an entry And as this is a leap year this is the 150th day of the year May 29th 363 AD The emperor Julian defeats the Persians at the battle of Ctesiphon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ctesiphon_(363) May 29th 1108 The Almoravids defeat a Christian army at the battle of Ucles in Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Uclés_(1108) May 29th 1167 The Holy Roman empire under Frederick Barbarossa defeats the army of the commune of Rome at the battle of Monte Porzio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Porzio May 29th 1176 The Lombard League defeats the Holy Roman empire under Frederick Barbarossa at the battle of Legnano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Legnano May 29th 1233 The Mongols enter the city of Kaifeng after a successful siege and begin looting it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_siege_of_Kaifeng May 29th 1416 The Venetians defeat the much larger Ottoman fleet at the battle of Gallipoli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli_(1416) May 29th 1453 Constantinople falls to the Ottomans ending the Roman empire after 2000 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople May 29th 1658 During the Mughal war of succession the battle of Samugarh is fought leading to the coronation of Aurangzeb as emperor replacing Shah Jahan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Samugarh May 29th 1660 Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland May 29th 1780 the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 who remained in the Waxhaws massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waxhaws May 29th 1798 Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British army in County Kildare Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbet_Rath_executions May 29th 1807 Mustafa IV becomes Sultan of the Ottoman empire May 29th 1825 Charles X is crowned king of France, the last coronation of a king of France May 29th 1886 Pharmacist John Pemberton places the first advertisement for Cocoa Cola in the Atlanta journal May 29th 1903 In the May Coup, King of Serbia Alexander 1st and Queen Draga are assassinated by the Black Hand in Belgrade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Coup_(Serbia) May 29th 1914 The Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St Lawrence with the loss of 1012 lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland May 29th 1918 The Armenians defeat the Ottomans at the battle of Sardarabad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sardarabad May 29th 1935 first flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 May 29th 1953 Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tenzing become the first men to summit Mount Everest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_expedition May 29th 1982 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Canterbury Cathedral Battle of Goose Green. The British army defeat the Argentines in the Falkland Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Goose_Green May 29th 1985 Heysel stadium disaster. 39 football fans are killed and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster May 29th 1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia May 29th 1999 the space shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station May 29th 2004 the National World War II memorial is dedicated in Washington DC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_Memorial Francis Rossi (of Status Quo) is 75 today. Nia JAx (wrestler) is 40 today Born this day King Charles II, Patrick Henry, G K Chesterton, Bob Hope, Tenzing Norgay, President John F Kennedy, Clifton James (actor), Katie Boyle (British TV host), Peter Higgs (Nobel prize laureate), Al Unser (race car driver), Danny Elfman, La Toya Jackson, Annette Bening, Rupert Everett, Melissa Etheridge, Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Roberto Di Matteo (Italian footballer and manager), Mel B (Spice Girl) Died this day Winfield Scott (American general), W.S. Gilbert (of Gilbert and Sullivan), John Barrymore (actor), Juan Ramon Jimenez (Nobel prize laureate), James Whale, Mary Pickford (actress), Romy Schneider (French actress), Erich Honnecker (ex leader of East Germany), Jeff Buckley, Barry Goldwater, Harvey Corman, Dennis Hopper, Manuel Noriega Edited May 29 by death tribble GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 (edited) June 4th 1615 Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka castle in Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Osaka June 4th 1745 Frederick the Great's Prussians forces defeat the Austrians under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine at the battle of Hohenfriedberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hohenfriedberg June 4th 1876 The Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco from New York City via the first transcontinental railroad after 83 hours and 39 minutes June 4th 1913 During the running of the Derby a suffragette called Emily Davis runs out in front of king George V's horse and is trampled, never regains conscious ness and dies 4 days later June 4th 1917 The first Pulitzer prizes are awarded June 4th 1919 The US congress approves the 19th amendment to the US Constitution which guarantees suffrage to women. June 4th 1940 the Dunkirk evacuation ends and Churchill delivers the We Shall Fight Them on the Beaches speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_shall_fight_on_the_beaches June 4th 1942 The Battle of Midway begins June 4th 1944 The US Fifth Army captures Rome June 4th 1967 A Canadair C4 Argonaut passenger plane crashes near the centre of Stockport killing 72 people on the plane. It is the 4th worst air disaster in Britain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockport_air_disaster June 4th 1970 Tonga gains independence from Britain June 4th 1988 Three cars on a train explode killing 91 and injuring around 1500 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arzamas_train_disaster June 4th 1989 A natural gas explosion occurs as two trains are passing each in Russia resulting in 575 deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufa_train_disaster The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed leading to between 241 and 10,000 deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre Solidarity wins in the first round of elections in Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Polish_parliamentary_election Michelle Philips is 80 today, Sean Pertwee is 60 Born this day King George III of England, Christopher Cockerill (inventor of the hovercraft), Dennis Weaver, Robert Furchgott (Nobel prize laureate), Bruce Dern, Gorilla Monsoon, Dr Ruth, Bob Champion, Keith David (Actor), Andrea Jaeger, Russell Brand, Angelina Jolie Died this day Kaiser Wilhelm II, Reinhard Heydrich (from wounds caused by a grenade), Dorothy Gish (actress) Edited June 8 by death tribble GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Dedicated to those who came home--and to those who didn't. And while I don't think it happened this way, it should have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Today is the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Also Gary U.S. Bonds is 85 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 June 8th 218 AD Emperor Macrinus and the Roman legions are defeated by Elagabalus and the Syrian legions at the battle of Antioch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antioch_(218) June 8th 793 the Vikings raid Lindisfarne which is recognised as the start of Viking activity in Britain June 8th 1042 Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, the penultimate Saxon king June 8th 1191 Richard the Lionheart arrives in Acre beginning the Third Crusade June 8th 1663 Portuguese victory at the battle Ameixial of ensures Portuguese independence from Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ameixial June 8th 1772 The credit crisis of 1772 is triggered by Alexander Fordyce fleeing to France to avoid debt repayment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_credit_crisis_of_1772–1773 June 8th 1776 The British repel the Continental army at the battle of Trois Rivieres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trois-Rivières June 8th 1783 a volcano in Iceland begins a eight month eruption which kills 9,000 people and leads to a seven year famine June 8th 1789 James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights June 8th 1862 Stonewall Jackson is victorious at the Battle of Cross Keys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cross_Keys June 8th 1929 Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman to serve in the United Kingdom's Cabinet June 8th 1940 the end of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik in Norway June 8th 1941 Allied operations begin against Vichy France in the Levant June 8th 1953 Beecher Michigan is hit by an F5 tornado that kills 116, injures 844 and destroys 340 homes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Flint–Beecher_tornado June 8th 1966 Topeka Kansas is hit by an F5 tornado that kills 17, injures over 500 more and destroys or damages thousands of homes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_sequence_of_June_1966 June 8th 1967 The USS Liberty incident occurs when the ship is attacked resulting in 34 deaths and 171 injured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident June 8th 1972 a naked Vietnamese girl is photographed running down the road after being burned by napalm in what became a Pulitzer prize winning photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Thi_Kim_Phuc June 8th 1982 56 British servicemen are killed in an Argentine air attack on the transports Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram in Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff_Cove_air_attacks VASP flight 168 crashes in Brazil with the loss of over 100 lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VASP_Flight_168 June 8th 1995 a downed US Air Force pilot is rescued by US Marines in Bosnia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O'Grady June 8th 2004 the first transit of Venus in over a century takes place. June 8th 2008 an explosion at a mine in the Ukraine leads to rescue attempts as at least 37 miners are missing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Ukraine_coal_mine_collapse June 8th 2014 Militants attack Jinnah International airport in Karachi Pakistan and at least 28 people are killed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Jinnah_International_Airport_attack Millicent Martin is 90 today, Boz Scaggs is 80, Liv Morgan (wrestler) is 30 today Born this day John Smeaton (he built Smeaton's Tower, the lighthouse that is now on Plymouth Hoe), John Everett Millais, Thomas J Higgins (who won the Medal of Honor), Frank Lloyd Wright (architect) Lena Baker (the only woman ever executed in the electric chair in Georgia), Francis Crick (Nobel prize laureate), Robert Preston (actor), Suharto (2nd President of Indonesia), Barbara Bush, Jerry Stiller, Robert Aumann (Nobel prize laureate), Dana Wynter (actress), Ray Illingworth (cricketer and broadcaster), Joan Rivers, James Darren, Kenneth G Wilson (Nobel prize laureate), Nancy Sinatra, Doug Mountjoy (snooker player), Colin Baker (actor who played Dr Who), Sara Paretsky (author), Bonnie Tyler (singer), Tim Berners Lee, Griffin Dunne, Mick Hucknell, Juliana Margulies, Lindsey Davenport, Kanye West, Kim Clijsters Died this day the prophet Muhammad, Edward the Black Prince, Thomas de Mowbray and Richard le Scrope (beheaded for rebelling against Henry IV), Louis XVII of France (died in captivity), Thomas Paine, Andrew Jackson (US President), Cochise, George Sand, Gerald Manley Hopkins, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine (on Mount Everest), Robert Taylor, Satchell Paige (baseball player), Alex de Renzy, Anthony Bourdain, Pat Robertson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 Today is also Ghostbusters Day. There will be celebrations in New York and Los Angeles to honor the 40th anniversary of the first movie's release--if that's important to anyone here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 11th June 786 AD A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the battle of Fakhkh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fakhkh June 11th 1429 start of the battle of Jargeau in the Hundred Years War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jargeau June 11th 1488 Battle of Sauchieburn in Scotland between King James III of Scotland and rebel Scots lords results in the king's death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sauchieburn June 11th 1775 The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement results in the capture of a British vessel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Machias June 11th 1865 The naval battle of Riachuelo takes place between the Paraguayan and Brazilian Navies resulting in a victory for Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Riachuelo June 11th 1895 the Paris Bordeaux Paris race takes place. Sometimes referred to as the first automobile race in history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris–Bordeaux–Paris June 11th 1919 Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing June 11th 1938 During the second Sino-Japanese war the Battle of Wuhan begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wuhan June 11th 1940 The siege of Malta begins with Italian bombing raids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II) June 11th 1955 The Le Mans disaster occurs, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports. Eighty three people are killed and over one hundred are injured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster June 11th 1962 Three men escape Alcatraz prison but whether they survived is unknown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape_attempt June 11th 1964 A World War 2 veteran attacked an elementary school killing eight children and two teachers while seriously injuring others using a homemade flamethrower and a lance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_school_massacre#Perpetrator June 11th 1981 An earthquake strikes Golbaf, Iran killing 2,000 June 11th 1987 Britain elects its first black MPs, Bernie Grant, Diane Abbot and Paul Boateng June 11th 2001 Timothy McVeigh is executed for the Oklahoma City bombing June 11th 2010 The World Cup kicks off in Africa for the first time with South Africa hosting. Jackie Stewart is 85 today, Frank Beard (ZZ Top) is 75 today. Hugh Lawrie is 65. Jean Alesi (French racing driver) is 60. Peter Dinklage is 55 Born this day Ben Johnson, John Constable, Richard Strauss, Jacques Cousteau, Vince Lombardi, Richard Todd (actor and soldier), Kit Pedler (creator of the Cybermen), Gene Wilder, Chad Everett, Robin Warren (Nobel prize laureate), Rachel Heyhoe Flint (cricketer and journalist), Henry Hill (mobster), Adrienne Barbeau, Lynsey de Paul, Joe Montana, Shia LaBeouf Died this day King George I of Great Britain, Samuel Whitbread (brewer), Sir John Franklin, Robert E Howard (author), R J Mitchell (inventor of the Spitfire), John Wayne, Catherine Cookson (author), DeForest Kelley, Robert Fogel (Nobel prize laureate), Ron Moody, Dusty Rhodes (wrestler) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 12 Report Share Posted June 12 12th June 910 AD Battle of Ausberg. The Hungarians defeat the East Franks who are led nominally by Louis the Child https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lechfeld_(910) 12th June 1429 On the second day of the battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in the capture of the city and its commander, William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jargeau 12th June 1798 The battle of Ballynahinch begins in Ireland between the United Irish and the British https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ballynahinch 12th June 1864 The battle of Cold Harbor ends with General Grant pulling his troops out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor 12th June 1899 The New Richmond tornado kills 117 and injures over 200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_New_Richmond_tornado 12th June 1914 The massacre of Phocaea occurs as Ottoman Turks kill between 50-100 Greeks and expel others in an ethnic cleansing operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Phocaea 12th June 1940 Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Rommel at Saint Valery En Caux 12th June 1943 Germany liquidates the Brzezany Ghetto in Poland. Around 1,180 Jews are taken to the old Jewish cemetery and shot. 12th June 1944 The 101st Airborne capture Carentan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carentan 12th June 1950 an Air France Douglas DC4 crashes on approach to Bahrain killing 46 people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Air_France_multiple_Douglas_DC-4_accidents 12th June 1954 Pope Pious XII canonizes Dominic Savio. He is the youngest non martyred saint at the age of 14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Savio 12th June 1963 NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered outside his home by a member of the Ku Klux Klan Cleopatra is released in cinemas, it is the most expensive film at the time of release 12th June 1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage in South Africa 12th June 1967 The U.S. Supreme Court declares all U.S. State laws that prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional in its ruling on Loving vs Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia 12th June 1979 Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize by flying the Gossamer Albatross over the English Channel in a human powered aircraft 12th June 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark is released in American cinemas 12th June 1991 Boris Yeltsin wins election in Russia as President of Russia The Sri Lankan army murders 152 Tamils in the village of Kokkadichcholai. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Kokkadichcholai_massacre 12th June 2014 ISIS murders over 1,000 Shia Muslims in an attack on Camp Speicher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Speicher_massacre 12th June 2016 An attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando Florida, leaves 43 dead and 58 injured. The police kill the gunman in a gunfight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_nightclub_shooting Born this day Cosimo de Medici, Samuel Cooper (American general), Charles Kingsley (author), Johanna Spyri (author of Heidi), Egon Schiele (artist), Anthony Eden (British Prime Minister), Weegee (photographer), Otto Skorzeny (SS officer), Irwin Allen, Samuel Z Arkoff (producer), David Berg (cartoonist on Mad magazine), Peter Jones (voice of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy), George H W Bush (U.S. President), Vic Damone, Anne Frank, Len Wein, Reg Presley (of the group the Troggs), Pat Jennings (goalkeeper), Javed Miandad (cricketer), Cathy Tyson, Mark Henry (wrestler), Robyn (Swedish singer) Died this day general Erich Marcks, Jimmy Dorsey, Billy Butlin (founder of Butlins holiday camps), Milburn Stone (actor best known for Gunsmoke), Ian McKay (Victoria Cross recipient), Karl von Frisch (Nobel prize laureate), Norma Shearer, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, Gregory Peck, Elinor Ostrom (Nobel prize laureate), Philip Baker Hall (actor), Silvio Berlusconi (Italian PM), John Romita Snr, Treat Williams (actor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 12 Report Share Posted June 12 Today is also Superman Day. By all rights, he should have a week, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 2 hours ago, wcw43921 said: Today is also Superman Day. By all rights, he should have a week, at least. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 June 13th 1381 AD During the Peasants Revolt led by Wat Tyler the Savoy Palace is burnt down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_Palace June 13th 1525 Martin Luthor marries Katharina Von Bora breaking the Catholic taboo of priests or nuns being celibate June 13th 1625 King Charles I marries Catholic princess Henrietta Marie of France and Navarre at Canterbury June 13th 1805 Meriweather Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri during the Lewis and Clark Expedition June 13th 1850 The American League of Colored Workers the first African American labor union is established in New York City June 13th 1886 A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vancouver_Fire June 13th 1895 Emile Levassor wins the world's first real automobile race from Paris to Bordeaux and back in 49 hours. The 732 mile journey is completed in the impressive speed (for the time) of 15 mph June 13th 1917 The deadliest air raid by German Gotha bombers takes place on London resulting in 162 deaths (46 of these are children) and 432 injured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_bombing_of_Britain,_1914–1918 June 13th 1944 The Battle of Villiers Bocage. German tank ace Michael Whitman destroys 14 tanks and numerous other vehicles in his Tiger tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Villers-Bocage The Germans launch a counter attack on Carentan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Gulch The first V1 flying bombs are launched against England. Only four out of eleven reach their targets. June 13th 1952 A Swedish Douglas DC3 is shot down by a Russian MIG-15 in International Waters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_affair June 13th 1966 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Miranda vs Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their 5th Amendment Rights before questioning them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona June 13th 1967 U.S. President Johnson nominates Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall to become the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court June 13th 1971 The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers June 13th 1973 In a game vs the Philadelphia Phillies, The L.A. Dodgers select an infield for the first time that stay together for a record setting 8 and half years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_infield_of_Garvey,_Lopes,_Cey_and_Russell June 13th 1981 At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London a teenager fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II June 13th 1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia on the death of his brother Khalid Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge in the Falklands War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Tumbledown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wireless_Ridge June 13th 1983 Pioneer 10 becomes the first man made object to pass beyond the central solar system when it passes the orbit of Neptune June 13th 1997 The Uphaar Cinema fire takes place in Green Park, Delhi, India resulting in 59 deaths and 103 people with serious injuries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uphaar_Cinema_fire June 13th 1999 BMW win the 1999 Le Mans 24 hour race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans June 13th 2005 Michael Jackson is acquitted by a jury for molesting a child in 1993 June 13th 2007 The al-Askari mosque is bombed for the second time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_al-Askari_mosque_bombing June 13th 2012 A series of bomb attacks across Iraq leave 93 dead and over 300 wounded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_June_2012_Iraq_attacks June 13th 2018 Volkswagen are fined 1 billion Euros for the emissions scandal June 13th 2023 A wedding boat capsizes in Nigeria leading to 100 deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwara_boat_disaster Ban Ki-Moon (former U.N. Secretary General) is 80 today. Dennis Locorriere (of Dr Hook) is 75 today, Kathy Burke (English comedy actress) is 60 Born this day Agricola (Roman general), Winfield Scott (American general), James Clark Maxwell, W. B. Yeats (poet and Nobel prize laureate), Basil Rathbone, Dorothy L Sayers, Paavo Nurmi (Finnish runner), Mary Whitehouse (English activist), Louis Walter Alvarez (Nobel prize laureate), Don Budge (tennis player), Ben Johnson (actor), Paul Lynde (comedian), Slim Dusty (Australian singer), John Forbes Nash (Nobel prize laureate), Ralph McQuarrie (illustrator), Bob McGrath (singer and actor), Malcolm McDowell, Whitley Streiber (author), Paul Modrich (Nobel prize laureate), Richard Thomas, Stellan Skarsgard, Tim Allen, Alan Hansen (footballer and pundit), Jacques Rougeau (wrestler), Ally Sheedy (actress), David Gray (singer), Denise Pearson (singer with 5 Star), Rivers Cuomo (of Weezer), Kym Marsh (singer), Chris Evan (American actor as there is a British Chris Evans who is a DJ and TV presenter), Kat Dennings, The Olsen Twins, Aaron Taylor Johnson Died this day Miyamoto Musashi (Japanese Samurai), Ludwig II (king of Bavaria), Sava Kovacevic (Yugoslav partisan commander, People's Hero of Yugoslavia), Georg von Bekesy (Nobel prize laureate), Benny Goodman, Geraldine Page (actress), Reg Smythe (English cartoonist created Andy Capp), Charles Haughey (Irish Taoiseach), Chuck Noll, Ned Beatty, Cormac McCarthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Harry Turtledove is 75 today. Steffi Graf is 55. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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