Today was the day:- 1766 - 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain 1832 - Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro 1838 - Steamship Great Western maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC) 1879 - Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time 1935 - 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282 1940 - Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious 1963 - Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000 1968 - 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King 1973 - Thirty-two terrorist bombings in Cyprus take place. 1982 - Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title 1986 - Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel California, Make his day 1990 - Twin Peaks with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV 1992 - After 151 years Britains Punch Magazine final issue 1997 - Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 2008 - The construction of the worlds first building to integrate wind turbines completes, in Bahrain. Now we just need the right questions at the pub quiz.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:07:17 +0000
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