On This Day

[Raybosailor]

What was Nadia up to on the 25th then Raymondo ?

As chairman of the Oxford Branch of the NCFC you should know the answer to that one Cubie.

[Raybosailor]

The 25th. of November is on record as having the most natural disasters around the world over the centuries which included tsunamis, earthquakes, cyclones, tornadoes and violent storms all happening on this day.

We in the UK don't experience so many disasters but the worst to hit our shores on this day was The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reached its intensity which it maintained through to 27th November. Winds gusted up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people died.

[Onelife]

The 25th. of November is on record as having the most natural disasters around the world over the centuries which included tsunamis, earthquakes, cyclones, tornadoes and violent storms all happening on this day.

We in the UK don't experience so many disasters but the worst to hit our shores on this day was The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reached its intensity which it maintained through to 27th November. Winds gusted up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people died.

Hi Ray...l can't remember the exact date but it was in November so for argument sake let's just say it was the 25th . I remember it well for it was on this date our house was hit by tornado...oh! yes it was. It was quite a windy night but nothing extreme.... At about 10 pm we heard this almighty blanket thud against the north facing wall, this quickly got us to our feet thinking what the hell was going on. When we peered out of our patio doors we could see leaves and debris being twirled around everywhere. The following morning our next door neighbour said he had witnessed it also.

Now while we are talking tornado....may l just tell you about one of my most magical experiences. Me and some friends were walking through a hay field one sunny afternoon when we found ourselves engulfed by a dust devil or should that be a hay devil. I was about 9 at the time and l will never forget what will probably be a once in a lifetime experience.

Happy days.

[Onelife]

The 25th. of November is on record as having the most natural disasters around the world over the centuries which included tsunamis, earthquakes, cyclones, tornadoes and violent storms all happening on this day.

We in the UK don't experience so many disasters but the worst to hit our shores on this day was The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reached its intensity which it maintained through to 27th November. Winds gusted up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people died.

Hi Ray...l can't remember the exact date but it was in November so for argument sake let's just say it was the 25th . I remember it well for it was on this date our house was hit by tornado...oh! yes it was. It was quite a windy night but nothing extreme.... At about 10 pm we heard this almighty blanket thud against the north facing wall, this quickly got us to our feet thinking what the hell was going on. When we peered out of our patio doors we could see leaves and debris being twirled around everywhere. The following morning our next door neighbour said he had witnessed it also.

Now while we are talking tornado....may l just tell you about one of my most magical experiences. Me and some friends were walking through a hay field one sunny afternoon when we found ourselves engulfed by a dust devil or should that be a hay devil. I was about 9 at the time and l will never forget what will probably be this once in a lifetime experience.

Happy days.

[Raybosailor]

26th. November

1703 Henry Winstanley, the engineer who built the first Eddystone lighthouse, was among those who died when it was destroyed in the Great Storm that claimed 9000 lives and lasted from the 25th to the 27th November.

1778 Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui In the Hawaiian Islands.

1805 Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, it was built to carry the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee and took 10 years from design to completion. I have fond memories of crossing this aqueduct in a narrow boat with my dad on board and all he could say was "its a long way down" (126 ft.) so to mark the ocassion I will be singinging a song at my local folk club entitled "It's A Long Way Down".

1864 Oxford professor Charles Dodgson presented a little girl called Alice Liddell with a handwritten manuscript of a story she had inspired him to write. It was called Alice's Adventures Under Ground. The tale was published in 1865 as 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.

1917 The National Hockey League ( ice hockey) is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams. Ice hockey had been played for many years before but not at a proffesional level.

1944 In the aftermath of a German V-2 rocket hitting a Woolworth's store in London the previous day, it is confirmed that 168 people had perished.

1983 Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport. Despite the conviction of a number of the gang the gold has never been recovered.

Births
1876 Willis Carrier, he was an American engineer who invented air conditioning.
1898 Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer who discovered polymers and their use in synthetic materials.

1902 Maurice McDonald, American businessman,who co-founded McDonald's with his brother Richard in San Bernardino, California. On November 30th. 1984 Richard (who was the original grill chef) was served the 50 billionth McDonald's hamburger.
1908 Charles Forte, Baron Forte, Italian-Scottish businessman, founded the Forte Group. Charles Forte set up his first "milk bar" on Regent Street in London in 1935 and his business escalalted to one of the biggest hotel and catering chains in Euroupe. Alex Polizzi "The Hotel Inspector" his his maternal granddaughter.
1910 Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor.
1923 Patricia "Pat" Frederica Phoenix "Elsie Tanner" in Coronation Street.
1965 Desmond Sinclair "Des" Walker footballer and the idol of the "Trent End" at Nottingham Forest, the chant was "you'll never beat Des Walker".

[Raybosailor]

27th. November

1582 William Shakespeare, aged 18, married Anne Hathaway. They had a daughter in 1583 and a twin boy and girl in 1585.

1895 At a Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.

1924 In New York City, the first of the famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parades is held.

1944 An explosion at the Royal Air Force ammunition dump at Fauld in Staffordshire kills seventy people.

2014 Australian Test batsman Phillip Hughes died aged 25, two days after being struck on the top of the neck by a ball during a domestic match in Sydney. He also played for Hampshire, Middlesex and Worcestershire. His final innings score was adjusted to show him being 63 not out, after an update from Cricket Australia.

Births
1701 Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician responsible for the Celsius temperature scale which bears his name.
1894 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, who founded Panasonic.
1925 Ernie Wise, 'straight man' to comedian Eric Morecambe.
1940 Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter.
1942 Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist.

[Raybosailor]

28th. November

1660 At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.

1814 The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press.

1919 Nancy Astor became Britain's first woman MP.

1935 The Miles quadruplets (Ann, Ernest, Michael and Paul) were born in Cambridgeshire and were the first British quads to survive infancy.

1942 In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Coconut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

Births
1628 John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
1757 William Blake, his work included a poem that began 'And did those feet in ancient time', which became the words for the anthem Jerusalem.
1810 William Froude, English engineer and architect who worked regularly with Brunel.
1958 Kriss Akabusi, Olympic gold and silver medalist, tv presenter.
1961 Martin Clunes, English actor, singer, and director.
1970 Richard Osman, creator and co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless.

[qbman1]

The 25th. of November is on record as having the most natural disasters around the world over the centuries which included tsunamis, earthquakes, cyclones, tornadoes and violent storms all happening on this day.

We in the UK don't experience so many disasters but the worst to hit our shores on this day was The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reached its intensity which it maintained through to 27th November. Winds gusted up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people died.

...and Nadia's bra straps snapped whilst she was out swimming, causing a tsunami along the entire west coast of the U.S.

[Raybosailor]

29th. November.

1899 FC Barcelona Association football club is founded by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers,Unlike many other football clubs the supporters own and operate Barcelona which is the second richest club in the world.

1907 British nurse Florence Nightingale, aged 87, was presented with the Order of Merit by Edward VII for her work tending the wounded during the Crimean War.

1934 In Britain, the first live radio broadcast of a royal wedding - the marriage of the Duke of Kent to Princess Marina at Westminster Abbey in London.

1963 The Beatles record I Want To Hold Your Hand was released, with advance orders of one million in the UK alone.

2001 George Harrison, musician and songwriter and former lead guitarist with the Beatles died of lung cancer, aged 58.

2015 Great Britain won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936 after Andy Murray beat Belgium's David Goffin to clinch the decisive point in Ghent.


Births
1627 John Ray, one of the early pioneers of botany.
1898 C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles.
1952 Dusty Hare, English rugby player for Nottingham R.F.C. & Leicester Tigers.
1973 Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager who is the co-owner of Salford City.

[CaroleF]

According to Google it's also the 184th birthday of Louisa May Alcott. I must have read "Little Women" so many times I can't count. Still I get a lump in my throat when Beth dies. I wonder, do boys/men ever read "Little Women", probably not!

Carole

[qbman1]

According to Google it's also the 184th birthday of Louisa May Alcott. I must have read "Little Women" so many times I can't count. Still I get a lump in my throat when Beth dies. I wonder, do boys/men ever read "Little Women", probably not!

Carole

So far as I can gather, most of the chaps on here tend to read more about "Big Women" !!

[Jan Rosser]

According to Google it's also the 184th birthday of Louisa May Alcott. I must have read "Little Women" so many times I can't count. Still I get a lump in my throat when Beth dies. I wonder, do boys/men ever read "Little Women", probably not!

Carole

Oh I loved that book too - there have been a few film versions - I've always been disappointed with them as my image of these characters is so different.

[Raybosailor]

According to Google it's also the 184th birthday of Louisa May Alcott. I must have read "Little Women" so many times I can't count. Still I get a lump in my throat when Beth dies. I wonder, do boys/men ever read "Little Women", probably not!

Carole

Oh I loved that book too - there have been a few film versions - I've always been disappointed with them as my image of these characters is so different.

I haven't read the book but I have had to sit through the film many times as Cheryl is in to all the romantic stuff, by the way it was on one of the obscure channels the other week.

[Raybosailor]

30th. November - St Andrew’s Day.

1872 The first ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent(a cricket ground) in Glasgow, between Scotland and England. The game ended in a goalless draw, and was watched by a crowd of 4,000.

1934 The LNER Class A3 No. 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.

1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire, originally built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. After the exhibition it was decided to relocate the Palace to an area of South London to be rebuilt on Penge Common now known as Crystal Palace.

1966 Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

Births
1835 Mark Twain, American novelist, best known for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
1869 Gustaf Dalén, Swedish engineer who invented the AGA cooking stove.
1874 Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author and poet, best known for "Anne of Green Gables" Cheryl was a big fan of Montgomery and for her 50th. birthday I took her to Cavendish, Prince Edward Island where the story is set, we stayed in a clapper board cottage only yards from "Green Gables".
1874 Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the UK from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
1937 Frank Ifield, English-Australian singer and guitarist, who taught us to yodel.
1955 Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter.
1960 Gary (Winston) Lineker, English footballer and sportscaster, he gets his middle name from Winston Churchill with whom he shares a birthday

[Raybosailor]

1st. December

1868 The opening of London's Smithfield meat market.

1942 The Beveridge Report, written by Sir William Beveridge, proposed a welfare state for Britain, offering care to all from the cradle to the grave. It revolved around a compulsory National Insurance scheme to provide all adults with free medical treatment, unemployment benefit and old age pensions.

1966 Britain issued its first special edition Christmas stamps.

1990 Channel Tunnel sections started from the UK and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.

Births
1761 Marie Tussaud, French sculptor who founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
1895 Henry Williamson, author of the classic book 'Tarka The Otter'
1930 Matt Monro, singer
1935 Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter.
1945 Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter and actress.
1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist.
1948 Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager.

[Raybosailor]

2nd. December

1697 St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London.

1755 The second Eddystone Lighthouse was destroyed by fire, four lighthouses have been built on the site.

1804 Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.

1907 The Professional Footballer’s Association was formed, after a meeting at the Imperial Hotel, Manchester.

1943 The first Bevin Boys, aged between 18 and 25 were directed into the mining industry. Many miners had been called up to the armed forces, resulting in a grave shortage of coal.

Births
1899 John Barbirolli, He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester.
1941 Mike England, Welsh international, played at Blackburn,Spurs and Cardiff.
1981 Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress.

[Raybosailor]

3rd December

1910 Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

1967 At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).

1961 The whole of South East England was plunged into darkness for two hours, due to an error by an electrician. "what does this switch do ?".

1976 An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, and plays a concert two days later.

1992 A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.

2007 Gillian Gibbons, a 54 year old teacher from Liverpool was released after eight days in custody and handed over to British officials in Sudan after being jailed for letting her class name a teddy bear Muhammad.

Births
1753 Samuel Crompton, was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry he invented the spinning mule to replace the spinning jenny.
1795 Sir Rowland Hill, postal pioneer and founder of the 'Penny Post'.
1820 Thomas Beecham, English manufacturer and inventor of Beecham's pills.
1842 Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company of "Pilsbury Dough Boy" & "Jolly Green Giant" fame.
1927 Andy Williams, American singer, he sold over 100 million records worldwide.
1944 Ralph McTell, English folk singer, best known for his song "Streets of London" which has been covered by over 200 artists worldwide.
1948 Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter.
1951 Mike Stock, English songwriter, record producer, and musician best known as being part of the Stock, Aitken and Waterman trio of writers.
1959 Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist and game show host.

[Raybosailor]

4th. December

1154 The only Englishman to become a pope, Nicholas Breakspear, became Adrian IV.

1674 Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago.)

1791 The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

1872 The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.

1939 HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

1952 At least 4,000 people died in a week, from breathing difficulties, during a severe London smog.

1961 Birth control pills became available on the NHS.

2012 The highest lottery prize ever to remain unclaimed (£63.8m) eventually went to good causes as the winer did not come forward by the deadline of 23:00 GMT.

Births
1930 Ronnie Corbett, comedian who partnered with Ronnie Barker.
1949 Jeff Bridges, American actor.
1973 Kate Rusby, English folk singer.

[Raybosailor]

5th. December

1766 In London, James Christie holds his first auction sale on Pall Mall.

1839 The postage rate in Britain was changed to a standard charge of 4d (4 old pence) a half ounce instead of being charged by distance.

1905 The roof of Charing Cross Railway Station in London collapsed, killing five people.

1928 England beat Australia by a record 675 runs in the Test at Brisbane.

1958 The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.).

1991 Robert Maxwell's business empire collapsed with huge debts of more than £1bn and revelations about misappropriation of money in pension funds.

2013 The death, aged 95, of Nelson Mandela, South African freedom fighter.

Births
1901 Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company.
1959 Lee Chapman, footballer who had spells with Stoke City, Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and West Ham United.
1963 Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, UK Skier aka "Eddie the Eagle".
1975 Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player.

[Raybosailor]

6th. December
The Feast day of Nicholas, popularly known as Santa Claus. He is the patron saint of children. The name Santa Claus is a phonetic alteration from the German Sankt Niklaus and the Dutch Sinterklaas.

1768 The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

1897 London becomes the world's first city to have licensed taxicabs.

2013 The worst tidal floods for 60 years caused thousands of homes to be evacuated on the east coast. Houses in Hemsby, Norfolk disappeared into the sea and my wifes grandfathers old cottage in Burnham Overy was just one garden away from the flood as everyone below them were flooded.

Births
1421 Henry VI of England, he was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471.
1812 Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist, he developed soap powder and also developed Borwicks Baking Powder.
1863 Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer who pioneered the production of alluminium.
1888 Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter probably best known for his role in "Oh Mr Porter".
1896 Ira Gershwin, American songwriter who with his brother George wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows.
1920 Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer, he was the first presenter of the BBC's long-running Grandstand programme.
1951 Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager, 295 appearances for QPR.
1955 Tony Woodcock, English footballer, who won several English and European medals with Forest before moving on to clubs such as Koln and Arsenal.
1958 Nick Park, English animator and creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.
1977 Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, English cricketer.

[Raybosailor]

7th. December

1732 The Royal Opera House opens in Covent Garden, London.

1936 Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

1941 Japan attacks the US fleet in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.

1979 Production of MG Midget sports cars came to an end. 73,899 of the last version were produced and the last 500 cars were painted black.

1983 A cat climbed to a height of 160ft up an industrial chimney, holding up the work of Lancashire's chief steeplejack and chimney demolisher Fred Dibnah.

2012 Jacintha Saldhana, a nurse at King Edward VII hospital - London, who took a hoax call about the Duchess of Cambridge from two Australian radio presenters posing as the Queen, was found dead at her home after committing suicide.

Births
1545 Henry Stuart. He was the first cousin and second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the father of her son King James VI. He was murdered at Kirk o' Field in Edinburgh in 1567.
1939 Ian Ure, Scottish footballer played for Dundee, Arsenal and Man. Utd.
1940 Stan Boardman comedian who rose to fame via Opportunity Knocks and The Comedians.
1965 Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager. 337 appearances for Blackburn Rovers in two sessions.
1977 Luke Donald, English golfer.
1980 John Terry, English footballer, Chelsea and England.

[Onelife]

You missed one Ray

1986.....Our beautiful daughter was born.....she's celebrating by kayaking the river Tees this afternoon with a Walt Disney film tonight to recover.

[Raybosailor]

You missed one Ray

1986.....Our beautiful daughter was born.....she's celebrating by kayaking the river Tees this afternoon with a Walt Disney film tonight to recover.

Give my belated Birthday wishes to your daughter Keith hope she enjoyed her trip up the river.

[Raybosailor]

8th. December

1660 A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.

1864 The opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon at Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

1914 World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

1941 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7th. (attack on Pearl Harbour) to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.

1941 World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies.

1966 The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200, one of the dead was Michael Robert Hall King a grandson of Robert Baden-Powell.

1980 John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota an apartment block in New York City.

1993 Daisy Adams of Church Gresley, Derbyshire, thought to be Britain's oldest person at the time, died aged 113 years and 161 days.

Births
1542 Mary, Queen of Scots, she was beheaded by her first cousin once removed, Queen Elizabeth I of England on 8 February 1587. (who needs family eh!).
1765 Eli Whitney, American engineer who invented the cotton gin a machine that seperated the cotton fibres from the seeds.
1861 William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet, until last year I owned a Zafira (Gen Motors) and Cheryl still has her little Chevy (I wish she would dump it in the levvy) so we have both been influenced by Bill.
1894 E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, who created Popeye.
1925 Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer.
1939 James Galway, Irish flute player.
1941 Geoff Hurst, English footballer who was the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final.
1951 Bill Bryson, American author, my favourite being "Notes From A Small Island".
1966 Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter.

[Onelife]

You missed one Ray

1986.....Our beautiful daughter was born.....she's celebrating by kayaking the river Tees this afternoon with a Walt Disney film tonight to recover.

Give my belated Birthday wishes to your daughter Keith hope she enjoyed her trip up the river.

Thanks Ray.....l'll pass on your good wishes.....she had a very enjoyable day even thought she had to have two team rescues and one swim whilst traversing along the white water of the Tees....still room for improvement but having been made to do ten rolls as a punishment she will hopefully have learnt a lot from this experience.

Having said that l said the same after her Alps swim.....If you go into YouTube and type in......"who took the marzipan off of my battenburgh" then you will see why my hair turned from brownish grey to grey overnight.

I'm still having nightmares.