I were goin t do the birthday thing for Keiran earlier tonight  Till I notced his dad couln't be bothered to POST til 11 0;clock Sorry lad, yer dad's just not reliable Belated birthday greetins Em                                                                                                                                                                              

Dats cos he wernt born til 11 o'clock                                                                                                                                                                              

Born today: 1939 - James Fox, actor 1942 - Robert Kilroy-Silk, TV presenter 1945 - Pete Townsend, Who's he? 1948 - Grace Jones, singer/actress 1953 - Victoria Wood, comedian   Died today: 1536 - Anne Boleyn, lost her head 1935 - Lawrence of Arabia, biker 1965 - Tui Malila, world's oldest tortoise, aged 92 1984 - John Betjeman, poet 2006 - Freddie Garrity, Dreamer                                                                                                                                                                               

 526 - An earthquake in Syria kills around 300,000. 1813 - Napoleon defeats the combined armies of Russia & Prussia at the Battle of Bautzen. 1873 - Levi Strauss patents his jeans. 1913 - The 1st Chelsea Flower Show. 1916 - A tornado strikes Codell in Texas. and... 1917 - A tornado strikes Codell in Texas. and... 1918 - A tornado strikes Codell in Texas. 1927 - Charles Lindbergh takes off on the 1st solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic. 1932 - Amelia Earhart takes off on the 1st solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic by a woman.   Born today: 1944 - Joe Cocker, singer 1946 - Cher, singer 1970 - Louis Theroux, TV presenter   Died today: 1506 - Christopher Columbus, explorer 1996 - Jon Pertwee, actor                                                                                                                                                                             

1871 - French government troops invade the Paris Commune and kill 20,000 of its inhabitants. 1894 - Queen Victoria opens the Manchester Ship Canal. 1904 - FIFA is founded, in Paris. 1945 - Humphrey Bogart marries Lauren Bacall. 1966 - Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) beats Henry Cooper in the 6th round. 1996 - The MV Bukoba sinks on Lake Victoria; 1,000 drown. 2003 - An earthquake in Algeria claims over 2,000.   Born today: 1941 - Martin Carthy, folk musician 1947 - Leo Sayer, singer 1952 - Mr T., actor   Died today: 1965- Geoffrey de Havilland, aircraft designer 2000 - Barbara Cartland, author 2000 - Sir John Gielgud, actor                                                                                                                                                                             

1895 - Oscar Wilde is convicted of poofery. 1940 - The evacuation at Dunkirk begins. 1967 - Celtic become the 1st British club to win the European Cup, beating Milan 2-1 in Lisbon. 1977 - 'Star Wars' is released. 1979 - A DC10 crashes on take-off from Chicago; 270 die. 1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War. 1985 - Bangladesh is hit by a cyclone; 10,000 die. 2002 - A Boeing 747 plunges into the Taiwan Strait; 225 die. 2002 - A train crash in Mozambique kills 200.   Born today: 1939 - Ian McKellen, actor 1958 - Paul Weller, musician   Died today:  735 - The Venerable Bede, monk/historian 1934 - Gustav Holst, composer 2002 - Pat Coombs, actress 2006 - Desmond Dekker, ace musician                                                                                                                                                                             

1798 - Income Tax introduced. 1868 - The last public hanging - Michael Barrett outside Newgate Prison. 1991 - Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over Thailand; 223 die. 1999 - MUFC win the European Cup to add to the FA Cup and League Championship. 2006 - The Java Earthquake kills 5,700.   Born today: 1923 - James Arness, actor 1948 - Stevie Nicks, songwriter 1964 - Lenny Kravitz, musician 1966 - Helena Bonham-Carter, actress 1966 - Zola Budd, runner 1972 - Patsy Palmer, actress                                                                                                                                                                             

1936 - Queen Mary's maiden voyage - to New York. 1939 - DC Comics unveils 'Batman'. 1941 - The Royal Navy sink the Bismarck. 1986 - Bob Geldorf is knighted by the Queen. 1995 - Christopher Reeve falls from his horse and is paralysed from the neck down.   Born today: 1922 - Christopher Lee, actor 1943 - Cilla Black, singer 1946 - Lewis Collins, actor 1957 - Siouxsie Sioux, musician 1967 - Paul Gascoigne, footballer 1975 - Jamie Oliver, chef                                                                                                                                                                                 

1907 - 1st Isle of Man TT - the winner's av speed = 38mph! 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco opens. 1951 - 1st Goon Show is broadcast. 1967 - Sir Francis Chichester completes his solo around the world voyage on Gypsy Moth IV. 1982 - British troops take 1,500 Argies prisoners at the Battle of Goose Green. 1995 - The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by an earthquake; over 2,000 are killed.   Born today: 1944 - Gladys Knight, singer 1944 - Faith Brown, comedienne 1947 - Sandra Locke, actor 1968 - Kylie Minogue, singer   Died today: 1787 - Leopold Mozart, composer 1849 - Anne Bronte, author 1971 - Audie Murphy, actor 1982 - Lt Col 'H' Jones VC, soldier 1984 - Eric Morecambe, comedian                                                                                                                                                                             

1942 - Bing Crosby records 'White Christmas'. 1953 - Edmund Hilary & Tenzing Norgay conquer Mt Everest. 1968 - MUFC become 1st English club to win the European Cup. 1985  - 39 football fans were killed and at least another 400 injured when a wall collapsed during crowd violence at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, only minutes before the start of the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus. Born today: 1956 - La Toya Jackson, singer   Died today: 1829 - Humphrey Davey, chemist 1847 - de Grouchy, Marshall of France                                                                                                                                                                             

1656 - Britain's senior regiment, the Grenadier Guards, were formed. 1842 - John Francis attempts to assassignate Queen Victoria. 1942 - 1,000 British bombers attack Cologne, Germany. 1978 - Liverpool won the European Cup for the 2nd year running. 1989 - Cliff Richard released his 100th single. 1998 - An earthquake hits Afghanistan killing 5,000.   Born today: 1961 - Harry Enfield, comedian   Died today: 1416 - Joan of Arc, Noah's wife 1593 - Christopher Marlowe, playwright 1640 - Peter Rubens, painter 1778 - Voltaire, philosopher 1912 - Wilbur Wright, aviator                                                                                                                                                                             

1678 - Lady Godiva rides thru Coventry. 1859 - Big Ben tolls for the 1st time. 1889 - A dam breaks sending a 60' wall of water over Johnstown, Pennsylvania drowning 2,200. 1902 - End of the Boer War. 1910 - The Girl Guides was formed. 1911 - The Titanic was launched. 1916 - The indecisive naval Battle of Jutland between GB and Germany was fought. 1927 - The last Ford Model T - over 15m were produced. 1931 - An earthquake destroys Quetta, Pakistan; 40,000 die. 1970 -  "          "             "      Yungay, Peru; 47,000 die.   Born today: 1930 - Clint Eastwood, the man with no name 1939 - Terry Waite, humanitarian 1943 - Sharon Gless, actress 1949 - Tom Berenger, actor                                                                                                                                                                             

1935 - Intro of the 'L' plate. 1946 - TV licences 1st issued (@ £2). 1957 - ERNIE drew the 1st premium bond - top prize = £1000.   Born today: 1930 - Edward Woodward, actor 1937 - Morgan Freeman, actor 1944 - Robert Powell, actor 1947 - Ron Wood, Stone 1968 - Jason Donovan, actor/singer   Died today: 1943 - Leslie Howard, actor 1985 - Richard Greene, actor                                                                                                                                                                               

a bit of history for me......for those who dont know iopen safes for a living(all above board ), yesterday..i opened a safe at a house that was the house that oliver cromwell stayed in the night before the battle of naseby......i thought that was pretty cool....didnt get a tip though...not so cool !!!!! lol

hahah.. nice one Ian                                                                                                                                                                              

1896 - Marconi patents the radio. 1953 - The coronation of QEII at Westminster Abbey. 1954 - Lester Piggott becomes the youngest jockey at 18 to win the Derby.   Born today: 1926 - Milo O'Shea, actor 1941 - Stacy Keach, actor   Died today: 1990 - Rex Harrison, actor                                                                                                                                                                             

1162 - Thomas Becket becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. 1937 - The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. 1962 - A Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris; 130 die. 1969 - The Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne cuts the US destroyer Frank E Evans in half. 1979 - An oilwell blowout in the Gulf of Mexico spills 175m gallons of oil into the waters. 1998 - A HST derails in Eschede, Germany; 100 die.   Born today: 1925 - Tony Curtis, actor 1950 - Suzi Quatro, rock chick 1962 - Susannah Constantine, fashion guru   Died today: 1875 - Georges Bizet, composer 1899 - Johann Strauss II, composer 1992 - Robert Morley, actor 2001 - Anthony Quinn, actor                                                                                                                                                                                 

That was spooky! Was just wondering what todays stuff was!!!!!!!!   Cheers XKLYBER                                                                                                                                                                              

1913 - Suffragette Emily Davison throws herself under the King's horse Anmer during the Derby - she dies later. 1917 - The 1st Pulitzer Prizes are awarded. 1940 - The evacuation at Dunkirk ends: 300,000 troops survive. 1940 - Winston Churchill says "...we shall never surrender." 1942 - The Battle of Midway. 1989 - The massacre in Tiananmen Square. 1989 - A gas explosion near Ufa, Russia kills 575.   Born today: 1927 - Geoffrey Palmer, actor 1936 - Bruce Dern, actor 1948 - Bob Champion, jockey   Died today: 1798 - Giacomo Casanova, womaniser                                                                                                                                                                             

5th   1963 - Secretary of State John Profumo resigns in sex scandal. 1967 - Israel starts the Six-Day War. 1968 - Robert F Kennedy is killed by a Palestinian dissident. 1989 - The Unknown Rebel halts a tank in Tianamen Square.   Died today: 1916 - Lord Kitchener, field marshall 2004 - Ronald Reagan, actor turned president