This day in History (2 Viewers)

[johnnybach]

March 19th 1988 - Murder of Corporals David Robert Howes and Derek Tony Wood in Belfast

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporals_killings

R.I.P.

Amen - for my brothers-in-arms. jb

 

[Scott]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...27424a-9823-11e2-b5b4-b63027b499de_story.html

 

[GICOP]

March 30th 1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre, by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward

 

[kogu]

March 30th 1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre, by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward

I think that was a good job of Mr. William H. Seward :wink2:
Konrad

 

[GICOP]

April 2nd 1865 – American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Petersburg

 

[Scott]

April 2nd 1865 – American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Petersburg

 

[GICOP]

April 3rd 1888 – The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.

Possibly the first victim of Jack the Ripper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel_murders

 

[GICOP]

April 4th 1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart

1 - "Can't Buy Me Love". This single (with "You Can't Do That" on B-side) was released in the United States on March 16, 1964. This single stayed at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks.

2 - "Twist and Shout". The Beatles covered this song (from the original version by the Top Notes) and was released in the United States on March 2, 1964 as a single; it has "There's a Place" on its B-side. Apart from reaching Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 4, 1964, this single likewise has the distinction of being the "only million-selling Beatles single that was a cover record."

3 - "She Loves You". Prior to this position, this single held the Number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the two weeks preceding the week of April 4, 1964. It was, in fact, on the U.S. singles charts for fifteen consecutive weeks, beginning on January 25, 1964. This single was released in the United States on September 16, 1963, with "I'll Get You" on its B-side.

4 - "I Want to Hold You Hand". With "I Saw Her Standing There" on its B-side, this single by The Beatles was released in the United States on January 13, 1964. Its best distinction is that it was the group's first Number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching that spot on February 1, 1964 and staying there for the next seven weeks.

5 - "Please Please Me". This is the first single released by The Beatles in the United States (February 7, 1963). It had "Ask Me Why" on its B-side. However, when the single was re-issued in the U.S. on January 3, 1964, the record label opted to place "From Me To You" on the B-side. This second release became a big hit in the U.S., with the single reaching Number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending March 14, 1964.

 

[GICOP]

April 5th 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas

 

[GICOP]

April 7th 1915 – Billie Holiday, American singer and songwriter was born

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday

One of mine and jb's favourite singers :salute::

 

[GICOP]

April 9th 1865 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.

 

[Scott]

April 9th 1865 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.

"Oh well......."

 

[GICOP]

April 10th 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Expedition_to_Abyssinia

 

[GICOP]

April 11th 1979 – Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin

 

[johnnybach]

A fine collection of "gongs" though, Martyn

Good job he had a big .....um....chest

 

[GICOP]

A fine collection of "gongs" though, Martyn

Good job he had a big .....um....chest
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Looks like a bullet proof vest jb...and he needed it :wink2:

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

April 12th 1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

 

[GICOP]

April 13th 1861 – American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sumter

 

[GICOP]

April 14th 1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

 

[GICOP]

April 15th 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survived.