On this day thread

[TheLoneRanger]

22nd July 2005 ...

"In London a man, who appeared to be South Asian, was slain by officers at the Stockwell subway station. Police said the man was challenged and refused to obey instructions. The next day police identified the man as Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian electrician, and said he was not related the bombings and expressed regret for his death. Menezes was shot in the head 7 times."

 

[Cooperman]

23rd July 2011 - English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse was found dead at her Camden Square home. Subsequent reports declared that her blood alcohol content was more than five times the legal drink-drive limit. Great voice, great entertainer, not sure if she was a massive Swans fan.

 

[Best_loser]

On this day, people of Swansea woke up wondering if they had just had a strange dream of a miraculous event in football

They hadnt, it really happened

 

[Muteswan]

Sweet Child O’ Mine entered the Billboard Top 40 on 23rd July 1988, which, coincidentally is also the birthday of Slash.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ovgzbSaswzY

 

[DwightYorkeSuperstar]

Boris Johnson became the leader of the Conservative party on 23rd July 2019.

 

[Longlostjack]

On this day this year. Should have been final day of the Royal Welsh.

 

[Muteswan]

On 24th July 1980 the wonderful actor and comedian Peter Sellers (54) died of a heart attack.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Groundbreaking singer Amy Winehouse died.

 

[Muteswan]

On 25th July 1978, Louise Joy Brown was born. She was the first person to be born using IVF, called at the time (a test tube baby).

 

[Swanjaxs]

1965 Bob Dylan is booed by sections of the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar, beginning of folk-rock

 

[Muteswan]

On 26th July 1943 Sir Mick Jagger was born.

 

[Jack2jack]

123 years ago today. The Grand Theatre, Swansea opened its doors for the first time.

 

[Muteswan]

On July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee recommends that America’s 37th president, Richard M. Nixon, be impeached and removed from office. The impeachment proceedings resulted from a series of political scandals involving the Nixon administration that came to be collectively known as Watergate.


Coincidentally we watched “The Post” last night, it was good but not a patch on “All The President’s Men”.

 

[Muteswan]

Eight years ago today The Queen opened the 30th Olympic Games in London.

Hard to believe it was eight years.

 

[Muteswan]

The U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space, on July 29, 1958.