On this day...

[JonM]

Hmm. Who knew that the name of the former England and Essex Cricket captain would fall foul of the swear filter

[DavidM]

10 minutes ago, JonM said:

1990 Graham ###### scores 333 v India at Lord's.

Graham ###### also scored 123 in the second knock 

[DavidM]

5 minutes ago, JonM said:

Hmm. Who knew that the name of the former England and Essex Cricket captain would fall foul of the swear filter

Ha you’re right how utterly bizarre

[Shadow]

Happy Birthday to Alexadre Dumas 1824, Hilaire Belloc 1870, Geoffrey De Haviland 1880, Jack Higgins 1929, Shirley WIlliams 1930, Yahoo Serious 1953, Christopher Dean 1958, Jo Durie 1960, Jonty Rhodes 1969, Matty Johns 1971, and Gordon Tallis 1973

RIP James Mason 1984 and Bob Hope 2003, 

Edited July 27, 2022 by Shadow

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1054, Siward, Earl of Northumbria defeats Macbeth, King of the Scots in a battle near the First of Forth. The exact site of the battlefield is not known. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

11 hours ago, DavidM said:

De Haviland Comet flies 1949

 

8 hours ago, Shadow said:

Happy Birthday to Geoffrey De Haviland 1880

There's an interesting link. The Comet first flew on its manufacturer's birthday. 

[DavidM]

1540 Cromwell executed . Henry regrets that not long after . He marries Catherine Howard the same day . He regrets that not long after 

Robespierre executed 1794

Battle of Talavera 1809 , in which Sharpe famously captured a French Eagle

Austria - Hungary declares war on Serbia 1914

Stalin orders all retreating soldiers will be shot or face the gulag 1945

Johnson ups military presence in Vietnam 1965

Birmingham tornado 2005

IRA declares end to terrorist activities 2005

Weston Super Mare pier burns down 2005 

Johan Sebastian Bach (1750) and Vivaldi (1741) died 

[Shadow]

Happy Birthday to 

Gerard Manley Hopkins 1889, Beatrix Potter 1866, Jacquie Onassis 1929, Garfield Sobers 1936, Cher Lloyd and Harry Kane both 1993.

RIP

Robert Blackadder (Bishop of Glasgow) 1508, Francis Crick 2004, And of course Bernard Cribbins 2022. 

Edited July 28, 2022 by Shadow

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1939, the Sutton Hoo helmet was discovered. 

[DavidM]

On this day in 1018 Count Dirk beats Emperor Henry in battle

Second Crusade effectively ends after siege of Damascus 1148

Mary marries Lord Darnley at Holyrood 1565

And two years later James is declared King of Scotland 

Howard and Drake lead fleet to victory over Armada off Gravelines 1588

Arc de Triomphe inaugurated 1836

Hague Convention signed 1899

Hitler becomes Nazi Party leader 1921

London Olympics 1948 

IAEA opens 1949 

Ike establishes NASA 1958

101st Airborne arrives in Vietnam 1965

Berkowitz ‘ Son of Sam ‘ kills first victim 1976

Charles marries Di 1981

Channel Tunnel agreement signed 1981

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1907, Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island camp which is seen as the foundation of the scouting movement. 

[DavidM]

Uruguay wins first World Cup ! 
 
Jap submarine sinks USS Indianapolis killing 883 . Robert Shaw is one of the survivors . 1945 

Public debut of Elvis 1954

ENGLAND WINS WORLD CUP WITH TREMENDOUS VICTORY OVER THEM GERMANS ( who bombed our fish shops) 1966

Nixon releases Watergate tapes 1974

Hoffa disappears 1975

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 2003, the last old style Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the production line in Mexico. 

On this day in 2006, Tops of the Pops airs for the last time having run for 42 years. 

[DavidM]

Mark Antony commits suicide after Battle of Alexandria after much of his army deserts , despite a minor victory over Octavian ( Augustus ) 30BC

Attempted usurping of King Komnenos the Fat 1201 

Christopher Columbus invents Trinidad 1498

Armada spotted off coast 1588

Treaty ends second Dutch War 1667

Weimar Constitution 1919

NSDAP wins 38% in German election 1932

Heydrich given task of planning Final Solution 1941

19 wickets for Jim Laker in fourth Ashes test at Old Trafford 1956

US and USSR sign START Treaty 1991

Castro hands power to brother 2006

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1917, the Battle of Passchendaele began. 

On this day in 1948, Idlewild Airport in New York is dedicated. It would later be renamed John F. Kennedy International. 

On this day in 1970, it was Black Tot Day which was the last official day of the rum ration in the Royal Navy. 

On this day in 2007, Operation Banner, the British Army's presence in Northern Ireland, came to an end. 

 

[Robin Evans]

20 hours ago, DavidM said:

 

Attempted usurping of King Komnenos the Fat 

What a fantastic name.

King Robin the fat..... I like it!!

[DavidM]

2 hours ago, Robin Evans said:

What a fantastic name.

King Robin the fat..... I like it!!

I like picking some out that just catch my eye !

[DavidM]

Octavian enters Alexandria and takes Egypt 30

Richard the Lionheart lands on Jaffa and defeats the army of Saladin 1192

Edward IV crowned , 1461 after defeating Henry VI at Towton . Briefly deposed in 1470 he reigned again from 1471 - 1483.

Jews driven out of Spain 1492

George I King of England , starting the Georgian era 1714 . After the death of his mother and Queen Anne he was the closest Protestant relation under the Act of Settlement 1701 . Not speaking English and missing his homeland he spent one fifth of his reign in Germany 

Riot Act 1715

Priestley discovers oxygen 1774 

Battle of the Nile 1798 . The culmination of the Mediterranean campaign . Nelson hunted the French fleet and found them in Aboukir Bay . Determined to force battle he said ‘ by this time tomorrow I will have a peerage or Westminster Abbey ‘ . The French fleet was destroyed , Napoleons force in Egypt was stranded . It was arguably a bigger victory than Trafalgar and Nelsons greatest victory … What a guy .

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland … 1800

Slavery abolished across the Empire 1834

Germany declares war on Russia 1914…. Swiss Army mobilised ( how many knew that )

Nanching uprising marks first battle of Chinese civil war 1927

Berlin Olympics 1936 . Adolf gets great seat in front row 

Michael Johnson smashed 200m world record in Atlanta Olympics 1996

And for all Inspector Morse fans today is of course Lammas Day , as referenced bu John Peter Barry the devils disciple , my fave episode 

[Shadow]

Celebrating their birthday today:

Emperor Claudius, or as those of us who remember the TV series would have it Clavdivs 10BC, herman Melville 1819, Lionel Bart 1930, Dom DeLuise 1933, Yves SainyLaurent 1936, Jerry Garcia 1942

Sad departures for:

Mark Anthony 30 BC, Martha Jane Cannary "Calamity Jane" 1903, Gary Powers 1977, Mike Smith 2014, and Cilla Black 2015

Today in 1759  Infantry first defeated Cavalry in the Battle of Minden, amongst the British regiments present were the 37th of Foot, forerunners to the Royal Hampshires who merged with the Queen's Regiment in 1992 to form the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment thus joining my regular and reserve regiments into one. I will tonight raise a glass or two to the regiment(s) and will buy mrs Shadow some roses in celebration.

[Exiled Townie]

9 hours ago, Shadow said:

Today in 1759  Infantry first defeated Cavalry in the Battle of Minden, amongst the British regiments present were the 37th of Foot, forerunners to the Royal Hampshires who merged with the Queen's Regiment in 1992 to form the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment thus joining my regular and reserve regiments into one. I will tonight raise a glass or two to the regiment(s) and will buy mrs Shadow some roses in celebration.

One of the British commanders at Minden was the Marquess of Granby.  He is probably best known today for being popularly supposed to have more pubs named after him than any other person - due, it is said, to his practice of setting up old soldiers of his regiment as publicans when they were too old to serve any longer, so they renamed their pubs after him.

 

[DavidM]

216BC Hannibal defeats Roman army at Cannae

Delegates begin signing Declaration of Independence 1776

First tube system opens in london 1870

Coolidge becomes president 1923

Hitler becomes fuhrer after death of Hindenburg . All military forces must swear personal oath of allegiance 1934

Potsdam conference concludes 1945

Iraq invaded Kuwait 1990

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1610, Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay. 

On this day in 1858, company rule is replaced in India with that of the British Raj. 

On this day in 1873, the first of San Francisco's cable cars starts operating. 

 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

This bloke sounds like a right prat. 

On this day in 1907, an American judge called Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record amount for rebating to freight carriers. The fine and conviction is later reversed on appeal. 

Then on this same day in 1921, as the commissioner of MLB, the same man gives lifetime bans to 8 players for match fixing despite those players actually being acquitted of the charge in a court of law previous to the ban. Apparently they were banned from the baseball hall of fame as well and the bans have never been overturned despite their complete innocence. 

And he's got a daft name. 

Edit. Just had a quick read of his wiki and apparently he was very hard on draft dodgers when he was a judge giving them very long, harsh sentences and a lot of those convictions were overturned or commuted as well. 

Despite all this controversy it looks like he is quite a celebrated figure in America and was even inducted into the baseball hall of fame. 

Edited August 3, 2022 by The Hallucinating Goose

[Shadow]

Happy Birthday to:

Stanley Baldwin 1867, Rupert Brooke 1887, Clifford D. Simak 1904, P.D. James 1920, Leon Uris 1924, Tony Bennett 1926, Steven Berkoff 1937, Terry Wogan 1938, Martin Sheen 1940, Martha Stewart 1941, Jack Straw 1946, John Landis 1950, Ossie Ardiles 1952, John C. McGinley 1959, Frano Botica 1963, Tom Brady 1977 and Sonny Bill WIlliams 1985.

RIP

Lenny Bruce 1966, Archbishop Makarios 1977, Ida Lupino 1995, 'Bubba' Smith 2011 and John Hume 2020

[DavidM]

Germany declares war against France… 1914 

Hitler joins presidency and chancellor to be supreme leader of Germany 1934

Jesse Owens wins 100 dash at Berlin Olympics 1936