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Today is the 41st anniversary of Man U's relegation to the depths of division two, Denis Law even got a statue built in his honour outside Old Trafford for scoring the goal for City that opened the trap door for Utd to drop through.
Notable birthday:
Andre Agassi
History today:
2004 World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C.
Andre Agassi
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History today:
2004 World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C.
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On this day in 1958, President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day to honor the role of law in the creation of the United States of America. Three years later, Congress followed suit by passing a joint resolution establishing May 1 as Law Day. The idea of a Law Day had first...
Today: Ee-Aye-Addio - 1965 and all that - Liverpool 1st FA Cup win.
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Jodhi MayHistory today:
On this day in 1958, President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day to honor the role of law in the creation of the United States of America. Three years later, Congress followed suit by passing a joint resolution establishing May 1 as Law Day. The idea of a Law Day had first...
Today: Ee-Aye-Addio - 1965 and all that - Liverpool 1st FA Cup win.
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Notable birthday:
Ace Hood
1828 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter .
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254 St. Stephen I begins his reign as Catholic Pope .
1881 Tunisia, in North Africa become a French protectorate
1949 The Berlin Blockade ends .
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1828 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter .
History today:
254 St. Stephen I begins his reign as Catholic Pope .
1881 Tunisia, in North Africa become a French protectorate
1949 The Berlin Blockade ends .
Notable birthday .
Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall MBE (née Phillips; born 15 May 1981.
History today:
1930 Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess
1988 Soviets forces begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall MBE (née Phillips; born 15 May 1981.
History today:
1930 Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess
1988 Soviets forces begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Notable birthday:
Imran Farhat Pakistani cricketer
Chris Froome
History today:
1939 Pan American Airways starts the first regular passenger service across the Atlantic.
1961 A white mob attacks civil rights activists in Montgomery, Alabama.
970 100,000 people march in New York, supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam.
Imran Farhat Pakistani cricketer
Chris Froome
History today:
1939 Pan American Airways starts the first regular passenger service across the Atlantic.
1961 A white mob attacks civil rights activists in Montgomery, Alabama.
970 100,000 people march in New York, supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam.
Notable birthday:
Naomi Campbell
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1987 An Iraqi missile hits the American frigate USS Stark in the Persian Gulf. -
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Naomi Campbell
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1987 An Iraqi missile hits the American frigate USS Stark in the Persian Gulf. -
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1984 - Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
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632 Mohammed, the founder of Islam and unifier of Arabia, dies.
1908 King Edward VII of England visits Czar Nicholas II of Russia in an effort to improve relations between the two countries
1967 Israel airplanes attack the USS Liberty, a surveillance ship, in the Mediterranean, killing 34 Navy crewmen.
1984 - Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
History today:
632 Mohammed, the founder of Islam and unifier of Arabia, dies.
1908 King Edward VII of England visits Czar Nicholas II of Russia in an effort to improve relations between the two countries
1967 Israel airplanes attack the USS Liberty, a surveillance ship, in the Mediterranean, killing 34 Navy crewmen.
Notable birthday:
1757 George Vancouver, English navigator.
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1558 The French take the French town of Thioville from the English.
1772 Slavery is outlawed in England.
1911 King George V of England crowned
1930 A son is born to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
1995 Nigeria’s former military ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and his chief deputy are charged with conspiracy to overthrow Gen. Sami Abacha’s military government
1757 George Vancouver, English navigator.
History today:
1558 The French take the French town of Thioville from the English.
1772 Slavery is outlawed in England.
1911 King George V of England crowned
1930 A son is born to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
1995 Nigeria’s former military ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and his chief deputy are charged with conspiracy to overthrow Gen. Sami Abacha’s military government
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1820 John Tyndall, British physicist and the first scientist to show why the sky is blue .
Michael Hughes
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1759 British and Hanoverian armies defeat the French at the Battle of Minden, Germany.
1819 The first parachute jump from a balloon is made by Charles Guille in New York City.
1820 John Tyndall, British physicist and the first scientist to show why the sky is blue .
Michael Hughes
History today:
1759 British and Hanoverian armies defeat the French at the Battle of Minden, Germany.
1819 The first parachute jump from a balloon is made by Charles Guille in New York City.
Notable birthday:
Nigel Graham Pearson.
History today:
1972 US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched.
1976 Mary Langdon in Battle, East Sussex, becomes Britain’s first firewoman.
1986 In Cameroon 2,000 die from poison gas from a volcanic eruption
1996 The new Globe theater opens in England.
2000 Tiger Woods wins golf’s PGA Championship, the first golfer to win 3 majors in a calendar year since Ben Hogan in 1953
Nigel Graham Pearson.
History today:
1972 US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched.
1976 Mary Langdon in Battle, East Sussex, becomes Britain’s first firewoman.
1986 In Cameroon 2,000 die from poison gas from a volcanic eruption
1996 The new Globe theater opens in England.
2000 Tiger Woods wins golf’s PGA Championship, the first golfer to win 3 majors in a calendar year since Ben Hogan in 1953
Notable birhday:
Today, September 2, marks what would have been the 102nd birthday of Bill Shankly and to commemorate the anniversary, we’ve put together this tribute montage of the great man's achievements
History today:
1939 Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II in Europe.
2004 Armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in the Besian school hostage crisis in North Ossetia, Russia
Today, September 2, marks what would have been the 102nd birthday of Bill Shankly and to commemorate the anniversary, we’ve put together this tribute montage of the great man's achievements
History today:
1939 Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II in Europe.
2004 Armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in the Besian school hostage crisis in North Ossetia, Russia
Notable birthday:
Serena Williams.
History today:
1396 The last great Christian crusade, led jointly by John the Fearless of Nevers and King Sigismund of Hungary, ends in disaster at the hands of Sultan Bajazet I’s Ottoman army at Nicopolis.
Serena Williams.
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History today:
1396 The last great Christian crusade, led jointly by John the Fearless of Nevers and King Sigismund of Hungary, ends in disaster at the hands of Sultan Bajazet I’s Ottoman army at Nicopolis.
