breadfan
08-07-2010, 06:27 AM
Happy Birthday ain.siddiqui, Ningr01, Gray1 & irononreverse
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Hope you have a great day.
On this day 8th July
1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet died. He drowned in Italy while sailing his small schooner Ariel to his home on the Gulf of Spezia.
1884 The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) was founded in London.
1918 National Savings stamps were introduced in Britain.
1941 Twenty B-17s flew on their first mission with the RAF over Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1961 For the first time since 1941, Britain provided both women finalists for the Wimbledon Ladies' singles title - Christine Truman and Angela Mortimer
1965 Ronald Biggs who was serving a 30-year prison sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery escaped from Wandsworth prison.
1967 Vivien Leigh, English film actress (films included Gone With The Wind) died.
1985 Britain lifted its trade ban with Argentina after the Falklands crisis ended.
1986 British Steel made a profit for the first time in 17 years.
1988 A London double-decker bus parked in Battersea, was put on sale for £40,000. It had been converted into a luxury home to overcome rising property prices in the capital.
1996 Three young children and four adults were attacked by a man with a machete at an infant school in Wolverhampton. Teacher Lisa Potts, (later awarded for her bravery), was badly injured protecting the children.
1996 A patent was filed by two British scientists to use genetically engineered mosquitoes to immunize their victims against malaria by transferring a protein in their saliva.
2000 J. K. Rowling's fourth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire went on sale, breaking all publishing records.
2005 The G8 summit in Gleneagles ended with a deal to boost aid for developing countries by almost £28 billion.
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Hope you have a great day.
On this day 8th July
1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet died. He drowned in Italy while sailing his small schooner Ariel to his home on the Gulf of Spezia.
1884 The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) was founded in London.
1918 National Savings stamps were introduced in Britain.
1941 Twenty B-17s flew on their first mission with the RAF over Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1961 For the first time since 1941, Britain provided both women finalists for the Wimbledon Ladies' singles title - Christine Truman and Angela Mortimer
1965 Ronald Biggs who was serving a 30-year prison sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery escaped from Wandsworth prison.
1967 Vivien Leigh, English film actress (films included Gone With The Wind) died.
1985 Britain lifted its trade ban with Argentina after the Falklands crisis ended.
1986 British Steel made a profit for the first time in 17 years.
1988 A London double-decker bus parked in Battersea, was put on sale for £40,000. It had been converted into a luxury home to overcome rising property prices in the capital.
1996 Three young children and four adults were attacked by a man with a machete at an infant school in Wolverhampton. Teacher Lisa Potts, (later awarded for her bravery), was badly injured protecting the children.
1996 A patent was filed by two British scientists to use genetically engineered mosquitoes to immunize their victims against malaria by transferring a protein in their saliva.
2000 J. K. Rowling's fourth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire went on sale, breaking all publishing records.
2005 The G8 summit in Gleneagles ended with a deal to boost aid for developing countries by almost £28 billion.