I do now find that this platform too has become too political. Too much about American politics.
I’m out. Cheerio!
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I do now find that this platform too has become too political. Too much about American politics.
I’m out. Cheerio!
"Never perhaps was there a period more important to America than the present."
Providence, Rhode Island, almanac for 1775. Fr the collections @jcblibrary.bsky.social
Today in 1848 10,000 people massed in Trafalgar Square to protest against the raising of income tax from 3% to 5%. Were that it was 5% now.
A wonder drug to cure headaches, Aspirin, was patented today in 1899. It was said to have almost magical properties. It was the first time a cheap reliable pain-killer became universally available.
Richard gave up his crusade in October 1192, just five-months before Saladin died in Damascus of fever, today in 1193.
When Richard the Lionheart's horse was killed beneath him during the crusades, Saladin the first Sultan of Egypt, sent him another horse rather than order his death. A chivalrous man, Saladin also sent Richard the Lionheart chilled wine, pears and grapes from Damascus to ease life in camp.
The Star-Spangled Banner was adopted as the US national anthem today in 1931 - so recent, who knew? The Star-Spangled Banner lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, the music by John Stafford Smith in 1780.
Today in 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station. How frightening!
Today in 1966 the BBC announced that it would begin broadcasting television programmes in colour in 1967.
Elizabeth II needed three stitches in her hand today in 1991 after intervening in a corgi fight.
🔴 UNITED24 Media analysis shows Zelenskyy has thanked the U.S. 94 times on his official Telegram since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
Today in 1986 Queen Elizabeth II signed the Australia Bill, severing Britain's formal ties with its former colony after almost two centuries.
On a different note - my latest knitting project - for a friend!
Today 1969 the dream of space-age travel began when Concorde took to the skies from Toulouse. The dream was shattered after just 34 years.
Roderick Maclean made an unsuccessful attempt to shoot Qn Victoria as she was leaving Windsor rail station today 1882 - the crowd jumped him
Mary and Lord Darnley met in February 1565 at Wemyss Castle in Fife. The marriage was to cause divisions amongst the Lords. With Elizabeth protesting strongly against it, Moray, Argyll and Chatelherault agreed to rebel in March 1565.
In early March 1564 Elizabeth I suggested that Mary Queen of Scots marry Lord Robert Darnley - both tall and well-educated. A good match?
Mary Queen of Scots and Darnley married on 29 July 1565. That date rings a bell, ah yes, Prince Charles & Diana. Another doomed marriage!
If the UK’s immigration rules mean what they say, Trump shouldn’t even be allowed to enter the country, let alone for a state visit ….
What fun! I like your hubby.
setting people up to fail and then blaming them for failing is the american way
Today 1954 the US exploded the most powerful bomb ever made = 15M tons of TNT, and the Bikini Atoll island in the South Pacific died.
The bomb was more powerful than expected - Japanese fishermen on boats more than 70 miles away were badly burnt by white ash.
1562 saw an outbreak of monstrous births in England e.g. a mare birthed a foal with one body, two heads with a tail growing between the heads.
Another monstrous 1562 birth was a pig with four legs like a man's arms with fingers.
Yet another pig had two bodies, eight feet, but just one head.
That press conference was the most disgraceful act of betrayal I’ve ever seen.
Exactly right. This was a setup.
Watson-Watt justified his choice of a nonoptimal frequency for his radar with his often-quoted “cult of the imperfect,” which he stated as “Give them the third best to go on with; the second best comes too late, the best never comes.”
Radar was demonstrated for the first time today in 1935 by Robert Watson-Watt at Daventry.
French novelist, dramatist and poet, Victor Hugo, who wrote Les Miserables, was born today in 1802.
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
In Canada, Mexico, India, Russia and Israel, bank notes have braille-like markings on them for the blind. We were amazed when in the US to find that all the bank notes, of whatever value, were of the same size. How on earth do blind people manage there?
Farage is learning to lie from the past-master of lying remember.