Today in history

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23 rd August 1966

See ! the earth is round :
Lunar Orbiter 1 , takes the first
photograph of the Earth , from orbit around the moon


https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4394618/Lunar-Orbiter-1-takes-1st-photo-of-Earth-from-moon-orbit--August-23--1966

Gassey, good to see you doing your daily post.

Always interesting and informative.

Indeed RMJ. Keep up the good work Gassey

thanks people, doing this thread certainly
helps with quizes

24 th August 1981

For killing a legend :
Mark David Chapman is
sentenced to twenty years to life in prison for
murdering John Lennon


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman

It is always good to be reminded of our history...very informative, gassey. Thanks.

25 th Augussst 1651

  The battle of Wigan lane :
                                      The battle of Wigan lane was fought on this day
during the third English civil war between Royals under the command of the
Earl of Derby and the elements of the new model army , under the command
of Colonel Robert Liburne . The Royalists were defeated , losing nearly half their
officers and men

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wigan_Lane#targetText=The%20Battle%20of%20Wigan%20Lane,half%20their%20officers%20and%20men.


 With many thanks to Lolly

Interesting stuff, gassey.

Sometimes I think we are still in a civil war as roughly half of the people disagree with the other half. There is no bloodshed, of course, but the animosity seems to be there, just look at the Brexit debacle recently.

Admin its rife : i was around the town centre last night
and two couples on the next table were falling out tooth
and nail over where they were going next !!

26 th August 1346

The hundred years war:
The military supremacy of the English
longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured
knights is established at the battle of Crecy


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cr%C3%A9cy

27 th August 1979

    Earl Mountbatten assassination :
                                                    The Queens cousin Earl Mountbatten of Burma
and three others were killed when a remote controlled device aboard his boat was
detonated by I R A terrorists . His fishing boat Shadow V was " blown to smithereens
off the coast of Mullaghmore , a small fishing village around twelve miles from the
border with Northern Ireland


https://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day/august-27-1979-lord-mountbatten-is-assassinated-by-ira-bomb-on-family-fishing-trip-11364000271872

28 th August 1988

Ramstein air show disaster :
Ramstein air show disaster occurred during
The Flugtag '88 air show at the united States Ramstein air base near
Kaiserslautern , West Germany . Three aircraft of the Italian air force
display team , collided during their display , crashing to the ground in front
of a crowd of around 300.000 people . There was seventy fatalities and three
hundred and forty six seriously injured


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_air_show_disaster

29 th August 1966

The untold story of the Beatles final concert :

With John Lennon allegedly saying " ive had enough "
and an atmosphere of " this has got to end " at the beatles
final tour , The Beatles played their final concert , before a
paying audience at Candlestick Park , San Francisco , U.S


https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/the-untold-story-of-the-beatles-last-concert-20160816-gqtn1n.html

Gassey , I've always found your thread very interesting indeed , thank you and please never stop . " Know your history ,....and you will know your future ".

Nordic , thanks very much, glad you enjoy it
i enjoy doing this ,as ive said before it comes
in handy when doing quizzes

30 th August 1963

The " hot line " :
The Moscow - Washington
hot line , a communication between the leaders of
the United States and the Soviet Union , goes into
operation


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline

Early start tomorrow , so ill do tomorrows history now


31 August 1997

The death of Diana Princess of Wales :
Diana , Princess of Wales , her
companion Dodi Fayed , and driver Henri Paul died in a car crash in Paris



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales

1 st September 1878

Operator , can you .... :
Emma Nutt became the worlds first female
telephone operator , when she started working for the Edwin Holmes
telephone dispatch company in Boston , Massachusetts


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Nutt

2 nd September 1666

The great fire of London :
The great fire of London breaks out and burns for
three days , destroying 10,000 buildings , including the old St Pauls cathedral



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London

3 rd September 1935

Sir Malcolm Campbell :
Sir Malcolm Campbell , driving his famous
Bluebird , reaches a speed of 304. 331 M. P. H. at the Bonneville
salt flats in Utah , in the U . S. A. becoming the first person to drive
an automobile at over 300 M. P. H.

https://craighill.net/2012/09/03/september-3-1935-sir-malcolm-campbell-exceeds-300-mph/

4 th September 1972

Mark Spitz:
Champion swimmer, Mark Spitz becomes the first
competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic games


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Spitz

5 th Seprember 1887

   Theatre Royal , Exeter
                                   The theatre Royal in Exeter had
a few locations after being destroyed three times by fires
but it is best remembered by the fire of 1887 in wich one
hundred and eighty six people perished and became the worst
fire to date in British history



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Exeter

Blackpool weekend  so here's weekends history ,
Back Monday for more


  6 th September 1997

     The Funeral of Diana :
                                     The funeral of Diane , Princess of Wales
takes place in London. Well over a million people line the streets
and two and a half billion  watch around the world on television

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales

   



 7 th September 1978

  Death by umbrella :
                              While walking across Waterloo bridge in London
Bulgarian dissident Georgi Morkov is assassinated by Bulgarian
secret agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from
a specially designed umbrella

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov










8 th September1888

  Jack the ripper murders :
                                     In London ,  the body of Jack the ripper's
second murder victim ,Annie Chapman is discovered

https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/murder-of-annie-chapman.htm

Thanks gassey enjoy your weekend.  But you missed a crucial bit of history

On 6 September 1902, Wigan played at Central Park for the first time in the opening match of the newly formed First Division. An estimated crowd of 9,000 spectators saw Wigan beat Batley 14–8.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_(Wigan)