6th June 1967.   Bandit_Mr_P Born!!!                                                                                                                                                                                

Is it your birthday Ian, I'd forgotten!                                                                                                                                                                              

Please...some of us are still having our breakfast!                                                                                                                                                                             

1832 - The barricades fall ending the Paris student uprising. 1844 - Founding of the YMCA in London. 1882 - A cyclone hits Bombay; 100,000 die. 1944 - Operation Overlord: the D-Day invasion of Normandy. 1949 - George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' is published. 1981 - A train is derailed crossing the Bagmati river bridge in India; up to 1,000 drown. 1984 - The Indian Army attacks the Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out terrorists. Sikh civilians are caught in the crossfire. The total bodycount numbers almost 2,000. 1988 -Lester Piggott is stripped of his OBE after being jailed for tax evasion. 1999 - At the Putim maximum security prison in Brazil, 345 prisoners take place in a mass escape.   Born today: 1956 - Bjorn Borg, tennis player 1957 - Mike Gatting, cricketer   Died today: 1865 - William Quantrill, raider 2005 -  Anne Bancroft, aka Mrs Robinson, actress                                                                                                                                                                             

1099 - The First Crusaders lay seige to Jerusalem.
1692 - Port Royal, Jamaica is hit by an earthquake killing 1,600.
1832 - A cholera epidemic kills 6,000 in Quebec.
1906 - The Lusitania is launched.
1917 - 10,000 Germans are blown up when the allies detonate mines under the Mesan Ridge.
1977 - The nation celebrates the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

Born today:
1940 - Tom Jones, knicker collector
1952 - Liam Neeson, actor
1958 - Prince, singer

Died today:
1329 - Robert the Bruce, Scottish king

1783 - Mt Laki in Iceland erupts killing 9,000. 1982 - Sir Galahad & Sir Tristram are hit by Argie missiles; 50 die. 1985 - Boxer Barry McGuigan wins the world featherweight title.   Born today: 1933 - Joan Rivers, comedienne 1934 - Millicent Martin, singer 1940 - Nancy Sinatra, singer 1943 - Colin Baker, actor 1951 - Bonnie Tyler, singer 1960 - Mick Hucknall, songwriter 1975 - Shilpa Shetty, actress   Died today:  632 - Muhammed, Islamic prophet 1874 - Cochise, Apache chief 1924 - Andrew Irvine, mountaineer 1924 - George Leigh-Mallory, mountaineer 1969 - Robert Taylor, actor                                                                                                                                                                             

1815 - The Congress of Vienna re-defines Europe's boundaries. 1934 - Donald Duck makes his debut.   Born today: 1956 - Patricia Cornwall, author 1961 - Michael J Fox, actor 1963 - Jonny Depp, actor   Died today:   68 - Nero, Roman Emperor 1870 - Charles Dickens, author 1958 - Robert Donat, actor                                                                                                                                                                             

nice post xkl                                                                                                                                                                             

1190 - Frederick Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River on crusade to Jerusalem. 1719 - Rob Roy and fellow Jacobites are routed at the Battle of Glen Shiel. 1829 - Oxford win the 1st Boat Race. 1921 - Prince Philip was born. So the Queen, as the Duke of Lancaster, is married to the Duke of Edinburgh! She is also Mrs Soenderburg-Glucksburg. 1942 - Every man in the Czech village of Lidice was killed in reprisal for the assassination of Nazi Reinhard Heydrich. 1986 - Bob Geldorf was knighted by the Queen.   Born today: 1926 - Lionel Jeffries, actor 1965 - Liz Hurley, socialite   Died today: 1967 - Spencer Tracy, actor 1993 - Les Dawson, comedian 1998 - Hammond Innes, author 2004 - Ray Charles, musician                                                                                                                                                                             

1381 - Wat Tyler leads the Peasants Revolt. 1907 - Northamptonshire bowl out Gloucestershire for only 12 runs. 1938 - To stop the Japanese Army advance, the Chinese flood the Yellow River countryside. Over 1/2 million civilians die. 1959 - Chris Cockerell demonstrates the hovercraft. 1962 - 3 prisoners successfully escape from Alcatraz. 1965 - The Beatles are awarded the OBE.   Born today: 1919 - Richard Todd, actor 1933 - Gene Wilder, actor 1939 - Jackie Stewart, racing driver 1950 - Lynsey De Paul, singer 1959 - Hugh Laurie, actor 1961 - Caroline Quentin, actress   Died today: 1936 - Robert E Howard, author - creator of 'Conan' 1979 - John Wayne, actor 1998 - Catherine Cookson, author 1999 - DeForest Kelly, actor                                                                                                                                                                             

1964  - Nelson mandela is sentenced to life in prison for 'sabotage'.   Died today: 1980 - Billy Butlin, The original Hi-De-Hi'er 2003 - Gregory Peck, actor                                                                                                                                                                               

1944 - 1st VI 'doodlebug' lands, on Southampton. 6 are killed. 1970 - 'The Long and Winding Road' is the Beatles last No. 1. 1981 - At the Trooping the Colour, Macus Sarjeant (17) fires blank shots at the Queen.   Born today: 1943 - Malcolm McDowell, actor 1964 - Kathy Burke, actress                                                                                                                                                                               

1645 - At the Battle of Naseby, Oliver Cromwell defeats the Cavaliers. 1789 - Captain William Bligh + 18 others from the Bounty land on Timor, having sailed 4000 miles in a small open boat. 1789 - Bourbon 1st produced, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. 1800 - Napoleon defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo. 1807 -        "          "      "   Russians   "   "      "      "  Friedland. 1839 - 1st Henley Regatta. 1938 - 1st 'Superman' comic published. 1940 - German troops occupy Paris. 1942 - Anne Frank begins to keep a diary. 1982 - End of the Falklands War. 255 Brits & 652 Argies have died.   Born today: 1955 - Paul O'Grady, comedian 1961 - Boy George, singer 1969 - Steffi Graf, tennis player 1976 - Alan Carr, comedian   Died today: 1801 - Benedict Arnold, American traitor 1928 - Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette 1946 - J Logie Baird, TV pioneer 1991 - Dame Peggy Ashcroft, actress 1994 - Henry Mancini, composer                                                                                                                                                                               

1215 - King John signs the Magna Carta. 1904 - A fire on a steamboat on New York's East River kills 1000. 1996 - An IRA bomb explodes in Manchester injuring 200. 1998 - The £2 coin is introduced.   Born today: 1945 - Nicola Padgett, actress 1946 - Noddy Holder, singer 1946 - Demis Roussos, singer 1964 - Courteney Cox, actress   Died today: 1381 - Wat Tyler, rebel 1993 - James Hunt, racing driver 1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, singer                                                                                                                                                                             

  XK do you recall any of these facts and figures?   Do you do pub quizzes or set the Qs for them?                                                                                                                                                                             

Recall what? Pub? Wassat?                                                                                                                                                                             

1487 - The last major battle of the War of the Roses occurs at Stoke Field - 6,000 are killed. 1815 - The Battles of Ligny & Quatre Bras are fought 2 days before Waterloo. 1824 - The RSPCA is founded. 1958 - Yellow 'No Waiting' lines are introduced. 1961 - Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects in Paris. 1976 - 15,000 protesters in Soweto are fired on by the police; 566 are killed. 1982 - Bryan Robson scores for England against France after just 27 seconds. The frogs are sick as parrots! 1999 - Maurice Greene sets a new world record for the 100m in 9.79 secs.   Born today: 1938 - James Bolam, actor 1942 - Giacomo Agostini, biker   Died today: 1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, general                                                                                                                                                                             

1775 - At the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Brits beat the American rebels, but suffer 1,000 casualties to their 500. 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York harbour. 1939 - Eugen Weidmann is the last person to be publicly guillotined in France. 1982 - Italian banker Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge.   Born today: 1943 - Barry Manilow, singer 1945 -Eddie Merckx, cyclist 1980 - Venus Williams, tennis player                                                                                                                                                                             

1429 - Joan of Arc beats the English at the Battle of Patay.
1812 - The US declares war on the UK.
1815 - Wellington & Blucher defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
1963 - Cassius clay (Muhammad Ali) beats Henry Cooper to retain the world weavyweight boxing championship.
1972 - A flight from Heathrow to Brussels crashes minutes after take-off killing all 118 on board.
1975 - 1st North Sea oil is pumped ashore.

Born today:
1920 - Ian Carmichael, actor
1942 - Paul McCartney, Beatle
1961 - Alison Moyet, singer

Died today:
2007 - Bernard Manning, comedian

1813 - Wellington beats the Frogs at the Battle of Vitoria, Spain. 1854 - 1st VC won, by Charles Lucas, during the Crimean War. 1919 - Germant scuttles her fleet of 72 ships at Scapa Flow. 1942 - Rommel captures Tobruk. 1970 - Tony Jacklin wins the US Masters Open Golf Championship.   Born today: 1921 - Jane Russell, actress 1938 - Ron Ely, actor 1954 - Anne Kirkbride, actress   Died today: 1908 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composer 1969 - 'Little Mo' Connolly, tennis player 2001 - Carroll O'Connor, actor