On this day in history...............

[Zombie Mastermind]

15th of March:

44BC
Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, is stabbed to death in the Senate house by Republican conspirators. (Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy! etc).

Also on this day:

1990
Iraq executes London based newspaper journalist Farzad Bazoft after a closed-trial conviction for spying.

1989
Soviet Union's President Mikhail Gorbachev calls for rapid measures to ease chronic Soviet food shortages.

1988
Israeli authorities impose a travel ban on Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.

1973
US and Soviet envoys begin fourth round of the arms limitation SALT talks in Vienna, Austria.

1956
Musical 'My Fair Lady' opens on Broadway starring Jullie Andrews and Rex Harrison. The title is adapted from the cockney pronunciation of Mayfair.

1933
German leader Adolf Hitler proclaims the beginning of the Third Reich – claiming it will endure for a thousand years.

1917
Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

1916
US force of 12,000 soldiers under General Pershing is ordered to Mexico to capture revolutionary leader Pancho Villa.

1909
American Gordon Selfridge opens 'the world's most beautiful store' in London's Oxford Street. (Shoplifters of the world rejoice!).

1877
The first cricket test in Australia is played against England in Melbourne. It ends with a 45 run win for Australia. (No change there then).

1824
Building work starts on the London Bridge designed by John Rennie.

1776
U.S Congress resolves that the authority of the British Crown should be suppressed.

Tune in on the morrow for more facts from history.

[Alpha]

1988
Israeli authorities impose a travel ban on Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.

This has been going on since 1988 and possibly further back.

It just shows what sort of country Israel is.

[timey]

Oi, I was going to do Julius Caesar.

[Zombie Mastermind]

16th of March:

1998
Sir George Martin, producer of The Beatles in the 1960s/1970s announces his retirement, aged 73.

1994
Russia agrees to phase out production of weapons-grade plutonium. (No doubt the U.S. threatened to bring them "freedom and democracy" otherwise).

1992
South African President F.W De Klerk makes final plea to whites to end apartheid.

1973
Queen Elizabeth II opens the new London Bridge - the old one having been sold to an American oil tycoon for £1m and transported to the United States. (A mistake made by the tycoon, he actually thought he was getting Tower bridge. The numpty).

1971
British heavyweight champion Henry Cooper announces his retirement after his controversial defeat by title challenger Joe Bugner.

1945
World War II: US Marines bring an end to Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima.

1935
Germany repudiates disarmament clauses of Versailles Treaty signed at the end of World War I.

1926
The first liquid-fuelled rocket is demonstrated in the USA by Dr Robert H Goddard. (Not to be confused with rocket-fuelled liquid: Tramps favorite, Carlsberg special brew).

1922
Britain recognises the Kingdom of Egypt under Faud I, with joint Anglo-Egyptian sovereignty over Sudan. (I recognised the Kindom of Egypt, in geography class some years later).

1917
Russia's Tsar Nicholas II abdicates.

1888
The first recorded sale of a manufactured motor car. Emile Roger of Paris buys a petrol driven Benz . (Payment for the vehicle was made in soft cheeses).

1872
The first English FA Cup takes place at The Oval in London.

1812
Austria, in alliance with France, agrees to provide an army for Napoleon Bonaparte.

1690
France's King Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland to fight for King James II.

1534
England severs all relations with Roman Catholic papacy. (This was brought about after an argument involving geese).

1521
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippine Islands.


1925
Jerry Lewis, U.S comedian born.

1998
Baby doctor, Benjamin Spock, aged 94 dies. (Not a baby that is a doctor, but a doctor that cures babies. He lived long and prospered).



(The bits in brackets are my input and may or may not be a load of old balls).

[Ck]

1534
England severs all relations with Roman Catholic papacy. (This was brought about after an argument involving geese).

Please say that this is true?

[timey]

I was going to do stuff like this but I can't now.

[Alpha]

Awwww, timey!

[Mr Morningstarr*]

Originally Posted by timey

I was going to do stuff like this but I can't now.

Course you can, I'd expect your's to be a bit more factual.

[timey]

Yeah, I was thinking that. I want to do them on special days like Easter and such, rather than every day, but more in depth for each occasion. I was going to do the Ides of march yesterday but ZM kind of took the wind out of my sails. i could have still done it I suppose but didn't - silly me. Too late now.

The next report will be end of this week for Easter. Or I could do it early.

[Zombie Mastermind]

17th of March:

1996
Queen Elizabeth II visits Dunblane in Scotland following the massacre of children at the local school.

1996
Sri Lanka wins cricket's World Cup.

1989
At the English coastal town of Dover, Transport Secretary Paul Channon opens work on excavating the Channel Tunnel. (The UK becomes the largest cul-de-sac on the planet).

1983
Racehorse trainer Michael Dickinson sets a unique record - training the first five horses to finish in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

1978
The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz runs aground off the coast of Brittany spilling 220,000 tons of crude oil into the Atlantic Ocean and causing widespread pollution.

1962
Soviet Union accuses the United States of fighting an "undeclared war" in Vietnam and demands the removal of American forces. (Who'da thunk it).

1948
Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg sign the Treaty of Brussels for a 50-year alliance against armed attack in Europe and for social, economic and military co-operation.

1921
The first birth control clinic is set up in London by Dr Marie Stopes. (This didn't work, surely it's PREGNANCY control that is needed).

1860
Start of the Second Maori War in New Zealand.

1848
A revolution in Italy, led by Daniele Manin, begins in Venice.

1845
In London, Stephen Perry patents elastic bands. (Shortly after this, he loses an eye).

1813
Frederick William III of Prussia declares war on France.

1776
American revolutionaries force British troops to evacuate Boston, Massachusetts.

1649
Oliver Cromwell abolishes the position of King of England and the House of Lords and declares England a Commonwealth.