On this day...

[Dave W]

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

Another invasion on this day, when the French landed an invasion force in Wales in 1979, then pretty much everything went wrong.

https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-ac4fca3619cf 

1797. You had me puzzled there for a moment

[Wolford6]

I think that should be 1797, or else my Mam would have phoned me.

[Futtocks]

Oops! Edited.

[DavidM]

8 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Oops! Edited.

Indeed , what a great day that was 

[Futtocks]

 

[Futtocks]

The anniversary of the day George Merryweather gave a three-hour lecture to the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society about his leech barometer.

https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-225ad9e5d6d2

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

16 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

The anniversary of the day George Merryweather gave a three-hour lecture to the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society about his leech barometer.

https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-225ad9e5d6d2

I'm sure the poor little leeches had to work very, very hard - suckers for punishment!

I once heard Milton Jones say that he had a broken barometer for sale and was urging someone to buy it off him - "You'll really like it, but...no pressure!"

[Futtocks]

Baader-Meinhof Group member Daniela Klette arrested. This happened not in the Seventies, but all the way back in... earlier today.

[DavidM]

Reichstag Fire 1933 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1870, the current flag of Japan is adopted, originally used by Japanese merchant ships. 

On this day in 1900, both Bayern Munich football club & the British Labour Party are founded. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI resigns, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.

[Futtocks]

 

[Futtocks]

Today's the 50th anniversary of when Terry Scott accidentally drove off the end of the Tees Transporter Bridge and landed in the safety net.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1890, the Forth Bridge is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later to be King Edward VII. 

Edited March 4, 2024 by The Hallucinating Goose

[The Hallucinating Goose]

The 5th of March is certainly an interesting day in the history of British aviation. 

On this day in 1936, the first flight of the prototype Supermarine Spitfire takes place, and then 7 years later, on this day in 1943, the first flight of Britain's first jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor, takes place. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1864, the Great Sheffield Flood killed 238 people. 

On this day in 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. 4 years! Where has that time gone? 

[Futtocks]

Hayao Miyazaki's anime epic, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind was released 40 years ago. From that success sprang Studio Ghibli and animated movies were never the same again.

[Futtocks]

73 years to the day since Dennis the Menace first appeared in a comic. And, before you ask which one, the British or the American one, here's the odd thing.

Both of them, completely different characters, made their debut on the 12th of March 1951!

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1989, Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system which would be developed into the world wide web. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

A significant date in the history of astronomy. 

On this day in 1781, William Herschel discovers Uranus. 

On this day in 1930, the Lowell Observatory announces the discovery of Pluto. 

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In other news, on this day in 1996, the Dunblane Massacre took place.

[Futtocks]

A family one, as my dad recalls: "It's 71 years to the day since I cycled from Hartlepool to Durham Cathedral because I fancied a girl called Anne, and then fell over when I heard Bach."

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1965, Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod-2 for 12 minutes, became the first person in history to walk in space. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On this day in 1993, a Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington. 

[Futtocks]

On this day in  2006, Jack Dorsey posted the first ever message on Twitter.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Considered one of the greatest feats of engineering during the Industrial Revolution, on this day in 1774, the Bingley Five-Rise Locks opened.