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by **jagwheels** » 30 Jul 2015 14:36

30th July

Just post any day relevant but totally useless information here :lol:

1956 - Brenda Lee recorded her first single "Jambalaya."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXucku-AxtY

**Sponsor**

by **Memory man** » 30 Jul 2015 15:17

1966

The Troggs take “Wild Thing,” to No. 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hce74cEAAaE

by **Carrot** » 31 Jul 2015 00:34

Brian Bain was buried...

by **Memory man** » 31 Jul 2015 08:06

On this day 1970.

The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw

by **jagwheels** » 31 Jul 2015 18:50

Britain's first self-service store, (Sainsbury's) opened in Croydon

Warned you it was useless information =))

by **Memory man** » 01 Aug 2015 07:00

1740

"Rule Britannia" is performed for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPHL4Q86t4

by **Daz n Mandie** » 01 Aug 2015 11:41

One this day today I posted this random crap :))

by **Memory man** » 02 Aug 2015 07:48

August 2nd 1876

Wild Bill Hickok was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood. :shock:

by **jagwheels** » 02 Aug 2015 13:38

This is some Sunday Trivia & seems some utter rubbish to me but bet you guys are now checking some of the facts :lol:

The ring finger on a man’s left hand is typically longer than his index finger.

Wyatt Earp became a boxing referee after he retired from law enforcement.

Ancient Egyptians would shave off their eyebrows in order to properly mourn the death of their cats.

In an average lifetime, the average human will produce in excess of 6,250 gallons of saliva.

by **jagwheels** » 03 Aug 2015 14:04

1986, The News Of The World in the UK printed an exclusive interview with 16 year old model Mandy Smith, who revealed she has been having an affair with Rolling Stone Bill Wyman for the past 2 and a half years :shock:

by **jagwheels** » 05 Aug 2015 14:23

1959 - In New York, The Isley Brothers recorded "Shout" at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjLFpU2pJ4

I think I prefer it to Lulu's version

by **Memory man** » 06 Aug 2015 10:29

August 6th 1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"

by **jagwheels** » 07 Aug 2015 14:44

Both born on the 7th Aug

Macattack & Mata Hari :-o

by **Memory man** » 08 Aug 2015 08:56

August 8th 1588

The English Navy destroyed the Spanish Armada. 600 Spaniards were killed in the day’s fighting and 800 badly injured. The Duke of Medina Sidonia led the "invincible" Spanish Armada from Lisbon against England.

by **jagwheels** » 09 Aug 2015 13:16

1953, Mantovani and his Orchestra were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Song From The Moulin Rouge', (from the film of the same name). The first ever instrumental No.1 on the UK chart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPmaS1hL2jI

by **jagwheels** » 10 Aug 2015 19:30

1963, Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Ronnie Ross, Cyril Davies, Long John Baldry and The Rolling Stones all appeared at the third
Richmond Jazz Festival held over two days in Richmond, England. A weekend ticket cost 20 shillings

not bad value by todays standards

by **jagwheels** » 11 Aug 2015 23:23

Oops but perhaps not so not far off the truth at the time

1966, At a press conference held at The Astor Towers Hotel in Chicago, John Lennon apologised for his remarks that The Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus'. Lennon told reporters "Look, I wasn’t saying The Beatles are better than God or Jesus, I said ‘Beatles’ because it’s easy for me to talk about The Beatles. I could have said ‘TV’ or ‘Cinema’, ‘Motorcars’ or anything popular and would have got away with it’’.

by **Memory man** » 13 Aug 2015 07:11

August 13th

are you a leftie?

LEFT HANDERS DAY (Things to do on August 13, 2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5JmrWy0-Ew

by **jagwheels** » 13 Aug 2015 20:23

Found that interesting as my wife is a South paw but was wrapped on the knuckles at school for using her left hand

She still eats & writes left handed but plays right handed golf?

by **jagwheels** » 14 Aug 2015 16:35

August 14th 1958
Elvis Presley's mother Gladys died. At her funeral two days later Presley was so overcome with grief he was unable to stand and had to be supported. Over 500 police were at the service to keep the gigantic crowd at bay

by **Memory man** » 16 Aug 2015 09:05

August 16th 1977

"the King of Rock and Roll", Elvis Presley died.

by **jagwheels** » 17 Aug 2015 16:49

August 17th 1955

Elvis Presley released his first number 1 hit, 'I Forgot to Remember to Forget / Mystery Train'
It hit the top of the country charts several months later and stayed there for 5 weeks.

by **juliesewell** » 17 Aug 2015 18:09

Shocked and saddened that nobody mentioned 14th August 2005 and the loss of all lives in the Helios plane crash from Cyprus to Athens

I've only just seen this post myself and would most definitely have posted....

by **jagwheels** » 17 Aug 2015 18:40

Jules I am humbled by your post and thank you. It didn't come up my radar. How did you find out?

by **juliesewell** » 17 Aug 2015 22:45

It's etched on our memories.....

We had just returned to Limassol port that day from a mini-cruise to Beirut and arrived back around lunchtime. It was all over the news at the time as it was only just coming to light that the plane had gone down.

We realised later that day and the next that the neighbours' behind us weren't around but their dog was howling. We were very worried as we knew from the previous summer they always go away for the weekend at this time of year (the main August holidays tend to all centre around the public holiday) and were toying with asking our landlord next door if he knew anything.

As it happened, their eldest son came back to look after and feed the dog so we gathered all was okay but it was huge relief when we saw the family all arrive home in their double cab, complete with a stainless steel kitchen sink/drainer from a camping trip up Troodos!

We managed to get through of our concerns and we've been friends ever since.....
Many people we spoke to after that all knew someone or a family that had been affected by it. Although it's a fairly large island, it's very small in the big scheme of things where relatives and family are so closely linked.

by **Memory man** » 20 Aug 2015 19:50

August 20th

World Mosquito Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Mosquito_Day

You can splat the mosquito here>>

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ian/conservation/games.html

by **jagwheels** » 20 Aug 2015 22:02

Splatted a few but the little buggers keep coming. Don't tell me I'm the only one to have tried it :oops:

by **jagwheels** » 21 Aug 2015 20:41

1930 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II, was born in Glamis Castle, Scotland

Well I suppose if you have to be born anywhere this not a bad pad

800px-Glamis_Castle_28_July_2011.jpg

by **panoscouse** » 22 Aug 2015 00:08

jagwheels wrote:Splatted a few but the little buggers keep coming. Don't tell me I'm the only one to have tried it

Best way to play this game is not to splat any straight away. Leave them to fly for at least 2 minutes and they will grow to almost the size of your bat.
When ready position the bat in the center and they will fly to it and whilst sipping a cold one splatter them without making too much effort.
So much more enjoyable.

by **Memory man** » 22 Aug 2015 06:49

August 22nd

565 ad

St. Columba reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness. It was the first reported sighting of the monster. The loch is Scotland's second largest loch by surface area after Loch Lomond, but, due to its great depth, it is the largest by volume.

by **Memory man** » 24 Aug 2015 08:31

August 24th

Nostalgia Night

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalgia_Night

by **jagwheels** » 25 Aug 2015 13:08

25 Aug 1835 – The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax

http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_great_moon_hoax

by **juliesewell** » 25 Aug 2015 17:38

25 August 1919 - The first scheduled international flight left London for Paris

http://www.britishairways.com/en-us/inf ... /1910-1919

by **jagwheels** » 26 Aug 2015 16:41

26 Aug 2015

1967, The Beatles held a press conference at University College in Bangor, North Wales with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Beatles announced that they had become disciples of the guru and that they renounced the use of drugs. The four had become members of the Maharishi's 'Spiritual Regeneration Movement'which obligated them to donate one week's earnings each month to the organization

Why didn't think of that? Sounds a much better way of making money rather than working :lol:

by **jagwheels** » 27 Aug 2015 13:52

August 27, 1784

The first balloon ascent was made in Britain, by James Tytler at Edinburgh

We all know the Scots came up with some great inventions but found this extract amusing from his history

"Then came the first of many misfortunes during his life – he got married"

by **Memory man** » 28 Aug 2015 07:29

August 28th 1996

Charles and Diana divorce

by **Memory man** » 02 Sep 2015 05:42

September 2nd 1666

The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city, begins.

Read about it here

by **Memory man** » 09 Sep 2015 16:19

September 9th 2015

Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest reigning British monarch and will officially break record at 5.30pm. BST.

by **jagwheels** » 13 Sep 2015 16:51

Sep 13th 1957

The Mousetrap became Britain's longest running play, reaching its 1,998th performance

Any members seen it?

by **jagwheels** » 15 Sep 2015 15:30

15th Sep

Battle of Britain remembrance day

by **jagwheels** » 17 Sep 2015 22:52

Sep 17th 1956

Despite censorship the song still reached No.5

The BBC announced the removal of Bill Haley and His Comets' ‘Rockin' Through The Rye’ from its playlist because they felt the song went against traditional British standards, (and included the lyrics "All the lassies rock with me when rockin' through the rye"). The record, based on an 18th century Scottish Folk tune, was at No.5 on the UK charts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1_UfhAN0aY

by **Memory man** » 18 Sep 2015 15:36

September 18th 1970

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix died in his London apartment at the age of 27. The death was from an overdose of sleeping pills.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjwWjx7Cw8I

by **jagwheels** » 19 Sep 2015 15:05

Sep 19th 1960

Former chicken plucker Chubby Checker went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'

It was one of my favourites at the time but daren't try it now :oops:

Yes & I bet you can all sing the pheasant plucker song :roll:

by **Memory man** » 19 Sep 2015 15:51

jagwheels wrote:Sep 19th 1960

Former chicken plucker Chubby Checker went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'

It was one of my favourites at the time but daren't try it now

Yes & I bet you can all sing the pheasant plucker song

Real name.............Ernie Evans :lol:

by **Memory man** » 21 Sep 2015 10:18

21st September

International Day of Peace

http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

by **jagwheels** » 24 Sep 2015 22:40

24th Sep 1975 The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, was successfully scaled for the first time via its southwest face by British climbers Dougal Haston and Doug Scott

Here's me believing Hillary was first but if this information is correct Dougal was born in Edinburgh. Perhaps MM would like to confirm but if proved correct, at least Doug an Englishman was by his side

by **Memory man** » 25 Sep 2015 13:53

Yes, he was Scottish, and he died in an avalanche while skiing in Switzerland in 1977.

PS

I lurv your new signature :ymhug:

by **jagwheels** » 25 Sep 2015 14:35

So it looks like a Scotsman was the first to climb the biggy & another who came up with my signature idea :lol:

Wasn't sure about it at first but after thinking about my own terrible handwriting think it's about right

Cheers

by **Memory man** » 26 Sep 2015 19:52

September 26th 1829

Scotland Yard, the official British criminal investigation organization, is formed.

by **jagwheels** » 30 Sep 2015 15:04

Sep 30th 1955

James Dean dies in a car accident & a poignant interview with him on the topic of fast cars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz3W87uWcx8

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