On this day thread

[Muteswan]

31st. August.
1888. The body of Jack the Ripper’s first victim was found in Whitechapel, Mary Ann Nichols.

1897. Thomas Edison patents The Kinetoscope,(Kinetographic Camera” a device which produces moving pictures.

1946. Foghorn Leghorn, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Robert McKimson and Warren Foster, (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Walky Talky Hawky"

1968. Gary Sobers becomes the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in one over and we all know where that was. Poor old Malcolm Nash, a great bowler, will always be remembered for this.

1997. Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris.

 

[Muteswan]

2nd September.
1666. Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed.

1944. Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp.

1945. V-J Day, formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of World War 2(Japanese date)

1995. Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall for WBC heavyweight title.

 

[Muteswan]

4th September.

1886. Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war.

1888. George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera & registers "Kodak".

1893. English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5 year old boy.

1912. First accident (collision) in London Underground: 22 people injured.

1980. Yes performs its last concert at Madison Square Garden.

1998. Google is formally incorporated by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
1998. 1st ever "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" hosted by Chris Tarrant debuts on ITV in Britain.

 

[Muteswan]

5th September.
1666. Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead.

1698. Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards. Boris is looking into this,allegedly.

1957. “On the Road" by Jack Kerouac is published by Viking Press in New York.

1958. "Doctor Zhivago" novel by Boris Pasternak published in US.

1960. Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali] beats 3-time European champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland by unanimous points decision to win Olympic light heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Rome Games.

1976. "The Muppet Show" premieres on television with Mia Farrow as the guest star.

1991. Nelson Mandela chosen as president of African National Congress.

2018. UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirms in parliament two Russian military intelligence officers undertook novichok nerve agent attack, prompts international condemnation.

2020. Swansea City lost to Newport County in the EFL Cup. (and they were terrible).

 

[Muteswan]

Sorry guys, missed one. for us oldies.
Raquel Welch 80 today. 5th. September 2020.

 

[Muteswan]

8th. September.

1504. Michelangelo’s statue of David is unveiled in Florence.
1858. Abraham Lincoln supposedly says in a speech "You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time"
1888. In England the first six Football League matches ever are played.
1921.Sir Harry Secombe (St. Thomas boy ) born today.
1925.Peter Sellers (not a St. Thomas boy ) born today.
1960. Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh.
1966. "Star Trek" 1st premieres on NBC-TV starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. And, The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
2001. Kylie Minogue releases her single "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Head", the biggest of her career, and we still can’t get it out of our heads!

 

[Muteswan]

9th. September.
1087. William the Conqueror dies.
1543. Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned “Queen of Scots”.
1828. Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina) born.
1890. Colonel Sanders, founded of KFC born.
1908. Orville Wright makes 1st. 1hour flight.
1956. Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the 1st.time.
1971. John Lennon releases the album “Imagine”.
2015. Queen Elizabeth 11 becomes GB’s longest serving monarch at 63 years and 7 months, beating the record set by Queen Victoria.

 

[Muteswan]

10th. September.
1547. English demand Edward VI (Aged 10) wed Mary Queen of Scots (Aged 5)
1945. Mike the Headless Chicken is decapitated in Fruita, Colorado; he survives for another 18 months before choking to death.
1948. Don Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England.
1966. Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks in the UK.
1967. Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British & not Spanish.
1991. Rock band Nirvana release their single "Smells like Teen Spirit".
2008. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
2012. US Open Men's Tennis: Andy Murray of Scotland wins his first Grand Slam event; beats defending champion Novak Đoković 7-6, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2.

 

[Muteswan]

11th. September.
1297. Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel William Wallace defeats the English.
1895. FA Cup stolen in Birmingham.
1942. Enid Blyton publishes "Five on a Treasure Island" first of her "Famous Five" children's novels, start of one of the best-selling children's series ever with over 100 million sold.
1951. Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours & 19 minutes.
1962. Beatles cut "Love Me Do" & "PS I Love You" with Andy White on drums.
1965. Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks.
1966. Rolling Stones perform on Ed Sullivan Show.
1977. The Atari 2600, originally known as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) is released in North America, revolutionizing the video game industry.
1978. The last known person dies of smallpox - medical photographer Janet Parker through infection in a laboratory, in Birmingham, England.
2001. Two passenger planes hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists crash into New York's World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both and deaths of 2,606 people.
2001. Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon causing the deaths of 125 people.
2001. Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board.
2017. Hurricane Irma leaves 7 million US homes without power in Florida and Georgia.
2018. James Anderson takes his 564th Test wicket to become the most prolific fast bowler in cricket history as England beats India by 118 runs in the 5th Test at The Oval for a 4-1 series victory; Alistair Cook's final Test.
2019. Water detected for first time on planet outside out solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b 110 light-years away, in findings published in "Nature Astronomy".

 

[Muteswan]

12th. September.
1624. 1st submarine publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I.
1878. Cleopatra’s Needle installed in London.
1906. The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
1940. Four teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux, France discover 17,000 year old drawings now known as the Lascaux Cave Paintings.
1959. "Bonanza" premieres on NBC-TV.
1964. Film that started Spaghetti Western genre "A Fistful of Dollars" premieres, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role.
1970. Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for the 1st time at Heathrow Airport.
1990. US, United Kingdom, France, USSR, East & West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge.
2003. Johnny Cash dies aged 71.
2015. Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader of the UK Labour party.
2018. More than 3,600 children reported abused by Catholic priests in Germany (1946-2014) in leaked report.

 

[Muteswan]

14th. September.
1682. Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, founded.
1741. Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days.
1752. Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar (no Sept 3 - Sept 13).
1956. IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, 1st commercial computer with a hard drive that uses magnetic disk storage, weighs over a ton.
1972. "The Waltons" TV program premieres on CBS starring Richard Thomas and Ralph Waite.
1979. The film "Quadrophenia", loosely based on The Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name is released.
1982.Grace Kelly princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52.
1998. British TV show "The Royle Family" written and starring Caroline Adherne and Craig Cash, also starring Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston premieres on BBC Two.
2019. Former Welsh rugby union and league player Gareth Thomas reveals he is HIV positive.

 

[Swanjaxs]

14th. September.
1682. Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, founded.
1741. Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days.
1752. Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar (no Sept 3 - Sept 13).
1956. IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, 1st commercial computer with a hard drive that uses magnetic disk storage, weighs over a ton.
1972. "The Waltons" TV program premieres on CBS starring Richard Thomas and Ralph Waite.
1979. The film "Quadrophenia", loosely based on The Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name is released.
1982.Grace Kelly princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52.
1998. British TV show "The Royle Family" written and starring Caroline Adherne and Craig Cash, also starring Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston premieres on BBC Two.
2019. Former Welsh rugby union and league player Gareth Thomas reveals he is HIV positive.

I didn't know that Gareth Thomas was HIV positive

 

[Muteswan]

14th. September.
1682. Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, founded.
1741. Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days.
1752. Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar (no Sept 3 - Sept 13).
1956. IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, 1st commercial computer with a hard drive that uses magnetic disk storage, weighs over a ton.
1972. "The Waltons" TV program premieres on CBS starring Richard Thomas and Ralph Waite.
1979. The film "Quadrophenia", loosely based on The Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name is released.
1982.Grace Kelly princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52.
1998. British TV show "The Royle Family" written and starring Caroline Adherne and Craig Cash, also starring Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston premieres on BBC Two.
2019. Former Welsh rugby union and league player Gareth Thomas reveals he is HIV positive.

I didn't know that Gareth Thomas was HIV positive

 

[Muteswan]

15th. September.
1812. French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow.
1835. HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board reaches the Galápagos Islands.
1916. First use of tanks in warfare, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme.
1928. Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin while studying influenza.
1940. Battle of Britain Day: climax of the Battle of Britain, tide begins to turn as the Royal Air Force repulses a major Luftwaffe attack, losing 29 aircraft to the Germans' 57-61.
1949. "Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV. Hi-yo, Silver! Away!
1971. 1st broadcast of "Columbo" starring Peter Falk on NBC.
2019. UK PM Boris Johnson compares himself to Marvel Hulk character in newspaper interview "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets" about UK exiting the EU.

Happy Birthday
1254. Marco Polo.
1890. Agatha Christie.
1984. Prince Harry.

 

[Flashberryjack]

GLEISION MINE DISASTER
Gleision Colliery is a small drift mine in the Swansea Valley and
On 15 September 2011, became the location of the worst mining disaster to occur in Wales for three decades (that the UK has not had a major mining disaster in some years is due largely to the closure of most of its pits).

The accident occurred while seven miners were working a narrow coal seam. Following an initial blast, the adit began to fill with water. Three of the miners escaped, with one being taken to hospital with life threatening injuries, while the others were trapped underground. A search and rescue operation was launched to locate the four remaining miners, but they were sadly found dead the following day.

It is thought that the flood was caused by waters entering the mine from an old excavation.

R.I.P
The bodies of Charles Breslin, 62, David Powell, 50, Garry Jenkins, 39, and Phillip Hill, 45, who all lived locally, were discovered on Friday. Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a "desperately sad situation". The bodies of all four men have been recovered.