On This Day

[Raybosailor]

I see your in a cabin with an obstructed view Cubie, what number is it ?

[Raybosailor]

16th. November

1272 While on Crusades Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.

1724 Jack Sheppard, highwayman, was hanged at Tyburn in front of 200,000 spectators.

1904 English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve used in early radio, television and radar systems.

1907 Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

1920 Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services
Limited.

1938 Willie Hall of Tottenham Hotspurs scored five goals for England against Ireland with his three goals in 3 minutes, setting a record for the fastest ever hat trick in an international match.

Births
1942 Willie Carson, jockey.
1953 Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author.
1961 Frank Bruno, English boxer.
1974 – Paul Scholes, English footballer and sportscaster, co owner of Salford City F.C. his birthplace.

[qbman1]

Time for our Daily Nadia !

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[Raybosailor]

17th. November

1558 The Elizabethan era begins,Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.

1869 England’s James Moore won the first cycle road race, an 83 miles race from Paris to Rouen.

1869 The Suez Canal linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea is opened after 10 years of construction, it reduced the journey from the North Atlantic and the Indian Ocean by 4300 miles.

1947 American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain invented the first fully operational transistor, Julius Lilienfeld had patented a similar device in 1926 but a working model never got off the ground.

1959 Two Scottish airports, Prestwick and Renfrew, became the first to offer duty free goods in Britain. Heathrow followed soon after.

2016 Cubie inaugurates the Oxfordshire branch of the Nadia Comăneci fan club.

Births
1887 Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
1906 Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company.
1925 Rock Hudson, American actor and singer.
1927 Fenella Fielding, English actress.
1937 Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter.
1960 Jonathan Ross, English actor and talk show host.

[Raybosailor]

18th. November

1421 A sea wall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people.

1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.

1916 General Douglas Haig called off the first Battle of the Somme in Europe after five months of bloody battle, which included the first use of tanks. The Allied advance of just 125 square miles claimed 420,000 British and 195,000 French casualties. German losses were over 650,000.

1987 King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.

Births
1836 Sir W.S. Gilbert, who collaborated with Sir Arthur Sullivan to produce light operas, the most famous include H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance.
1906 Sir Alec Issigonis, Turkish born designer of the Morris Minor in 1948 and Mini Minor in 1959.
1960 Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter, the eldest child of 1950s rock 'n' roller Marty Wilde.
1963 Peter Schmeichel, Danish born goalkeeper who made 292 appearances for Manchester United.

[qbman1]

2016 The Oxfordshire branch of the Nadia Comăneci fan club failed due to lack of support.....

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[Silver_Shiney]

I had to do an internet search to find out who she is. Never heard of her.

[Raybosailor]

2016 The Oxfordshire branch of the Nadia Comăneci fan club failed due to lack of support.....

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That,s a shame Cubie my enrolment form and subscription is in the post.

[Raybosailor]

19th. November

1493 Christopher Columbus goes ashore on the island he sighted yesterday, he names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).

1911 Two ships "Island Maid and Angele" are shipwrecked on the Doom Bar in Cornwall,

1941 In World War II in a sea battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran ends in stalemate as the two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.

1969 Brazilian football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

1994 The first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers, now its £2 and there are 59 numbers in the draw.

2012 Father Christmas was left dangling from the ceiling for 30 minutes after his beard became trapped while abseiling inside a Reading shopping centre as part of a Christmas lights switch-on show.(makes a change from getting stuck up the chimney, atchoo !)

Births
1600 Charles I of England.
1805 Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and engineer, who developed the Suez Canal.
1942 Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, ( I am wearing a pair of his boxers now, well not actually his, you know what I mean)
1949 Dennis Taylor, Irish snooker player.
1949 Raymond Blanc OBE is a French chef, born in Besançon, France. Today he is one of the Britain's most respected chefs.
1961 Meg Ryan, American actress.
1962 Jodie Foster, American actress.

[Raybosailor]

20th. November

868 St. Edmund, Saxon king of East Anglia, was martyred by the Vikings, who tied him to a tree, shot at him with arrows, then beheaded him, the town of Bury St. Edmunds is named after him.

1906 Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce formed Rolls-Royce Motors.

1944 The end of the 'blackout' in London. After five years in the dark, the lights were switched back on in Piccadilly Circus, the Strand and in Fleet Street.

1945 Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg, the trials lasted until 1st. October 1946.

1947 The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

1970 The ten-shilling note (50p) was officially withdrawn by the Bank of England, oh were the days when you could go out and have four pints and a fish supper for ten bob.

1992 A fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage, on the Queen and Prince Philip's wedding anniversary too.

Births
1787 Birth of Sir Samuel Cunard, a ship owner born in Nova Scotia who came to Britain in 1838 and, together with two partners, established what became the Cunard Line in 1839. Their first ship, the Britannia, set sail the following year taking 14 days and 8 hours to cross the Atlantic.
1894 Louis Levy, music composer who wrote the music for over sixty films including "The 39 Steps" and "The Dam Busters" he also had a long running BBC radio series called Music From the Movies.
1917 Harry Worth, comedian known for his bumbling comedy act and window reflection gag.
1962 Christopher J. Foy, football referee who has officiated at several major matches.

[Raybosailor]

21st. November
1843 Thomas Hancock patented vulcanized rubber, in 1825 he had produced the first toy balloons in Britain.
1877  Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound., and I thought my Dansette was old. By the way if you have a Dansette in your attic that is in good nick they are selling for up to £600.

1916 HMHS Britannic, the largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line and sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic was sunk, with the loss of 30 lives. There were a total of 1,066 people on board the hospital ship, with 1,036 survivors taken from the water and lifeboats, about two hours after the ship sank at 9:07 am.

1936 The world's first gardening programme, 'In Your Garden, with Mr. Middleton', was broadcast by the BBC.

1958 Work began on the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland. It was the longest suspension bridge outside the United States and the fourth-largest in the world at the time of its construction.

2003 An acoustic guitar on which the late Beatle George Harrison learned to play, fetched £276,000 at a London auction.

2004 Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts File For Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time the previuos being in 1992. The Trump organisation filed for 4 bankruptcy orders in total, tell me again who is running the USA from next year ?.

November 21, 2016 is the 44th annual World Hello Day,  anyone can participate in World Hello Day simply by greeting ten people. So hello!

Births
1840 – Victoria, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria.
1873 Major-General Sir Vernon George Waldegrave Kell, KBE, CB founder of MI5.
1941 – Juliet Mills, English-American actress, daughter of actor Sir John Mills and  sister to Hayley Mills.
1964 – Charles Dunstone, English businessman, co-founded Carphone Warehouse.

[qbman1]

2016 The Oxfordshire branch of the Nadia Comăneci fan club failed due to lack of support.....

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That,s a shame Cubie my enrolment form and subscription is in the post.

Good news - interest is perking up....

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[Raybosailor]

2016 The Oxfordshire branch of the Nadia Comăneci fan club failed due to lack of support.....

nadia-comaneci.jpg

That,s a shame Cubie my enrolment form and subscription is in the post.

Good news - interest is perking up....

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Can I have that photo on my membership card Cubie ?, it must have been a cold morning when that shot was taken

[qbman1]

Well, you know they say "it pays to advertise" !

I am sure we could arrange a wall poster for you

[Raybosailor]

22nd. November

1718 British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle off Carolina, by a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

1869 In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.

1963 US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded.

1968 It was on this day that I met my wife Cheryl at a Dinner and Dance in The Elizabethan Rooms, Nottingham. A mate of mine had been hassling me for weeks to go as his A.N. Other at their works pre Christmas knees up, he was single and had nobody to go with. When we were shown to our table there were two single girls sat there and the rest is history.

1968 The Beatles release "The Beatles" (known popularly as The White Album). One of the songs on the album was "I Will" which was played at our wedding reception in 1970.

1995 Britain's most prolific female serial killer, Rosemary West, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 10 young women and girls.

1997 Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of Australian rock band INXS and partner of British television star Paula Yates, was found dead in a hotel in Sydney.

2003 England won the Rugby World Cup with a breathtaking Jonny Wilkinson drop goal just 26 seconds from the end of a thrilling final in Sydney.

2005 Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.

Births
1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer, despite being a brilliant musician and composer he died in poverty.
1808 Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group.
1819 George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans ) English journalist, author, and poet. She used a male pen name to ensure that her works would be taken seriously.
1836 George Barham, founded Express County Milk Supply Company now known as Express Dairies.
1913 Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor.
1986 Oscar Pistorius, South African Paralympic sprinter and convicted murderer.

[qbman1]

22nd. November

1968 It was on this day that I met my wife Cheryl at a Dinner and Dance in The Elizabethan Rooms, Nottingham. A mate of mine had been hassling me for weeks to go as his A.N. Other at their works pre Christmas knees up, he was single and had nobody to go with. When we were shown to our table there were two single girls sat there and the rest is history.

Nice story, Raymondo. Did your mate pull as well ?

[Raybosailor]

22nd. November

1968 It was on this day that I met my wife Cheryl at a Dinner and Dance in The Elizabethan Rooms, Nottingham. A mate of mine had been hassling me for weeks to go as his A.N. Other at their works pre Christmas knees up, he was single and had nobody to go with. When we were shown to our table there were two single girls sat there and the rest is history.

Nice story, Raymondo. Did your mate pull as well ?

Unfortunately for him "no" Cubie, I found out later that his sister who also worked at the firm was the organiser of the dinner and she put him and his A.N. Other on this table simply because there were two young single girls on there. It was a bit awkward because both girls were more interested in me and when it turned out I was seeing Cheryl both her friend and mine stopped talking to us for quite some time.

It was quite significant that the Beatles released their album that day because although I thought it was their worst album the song "I Will" turned out to be one of our favourite tunes as I proposed on New Years Eve and she said "I will", this was the tune we danced to at our wedding reception.

[Silver_Shiney]

That reminds of the night a mate and I went to a taverna in Frith Street and for a while, we were the only two customers. Then two dolly birds came in and, out of all the empty tables, the waiter sat them next to us. Paddy and I were eyeing them up with the usual "hmm, I fancy yours as well" routine when we tuned into their conversation to hear one say "all we need now is to find two nice men to take us out for the evening."

We beat a hasty retreat...

[qbman1]

22nd. November

1968 It was on this day that I met my wife Cheryl at a Dinner and Dance in The Elizabethan Rooms, Nottingham. A mate of mine had been hassling me for weeks to go as his A.N. Other at their works pre Christmas knees up, he was single and had nobody to go with. When we were shown to our table there were two single girls sat there and the rest is history.

Nice story, Raymondo. Did your mate pull as well ?

Unfortunately for him "no" Cubie, I found out later that his sister who also worked at the firm was the organiser of the dinner and she put him and his A.N. Other on this table simply because there were two young single girls on there. It was a bit awkward becauseboth girls were more interested in me and when it turned out I was seeing Cheryl both her friend and mine stopped talking to us for quite some time.

It was quite significant that the Beatles released their album that day because although I thought it was their worst album the song "I Will" turned out to be one of our favourite tunes as I proposed on New Years Eve and she said "I will", this was the tune we danced to at our wedding reception.

Had you not heard of a threesome ?!

[Raybosailor]

22nd. November

1968 It was on this day that I met my wife Cheryl at a Dinner and Dance in The Elizabethan Rooms, Nottingham. A mate of mine had been hassling me for weeks to go as his A.N. Other at their works pre Christmas knees up, he was single and had nobody to go with. When we were shown to our table there were two single girls sat there and the rest is history.

Nice story, Raymondo. Did your mate pull as well ?

Unfortunately for him "no" Cubie, I found out later that his sister who also worked at the firm was the organiser of the dinner and she put him and his A.N. Other on this table simply because there were two young single girls on there. It was a bit awkward becauseboth girls were more interested in me and when it turned out I was seeing Cheryl both her friend and mine stopped talking to us for quite some time.

It was quite significant that the Beatles released their album that day because although I thought it was their worst album the song "I Will" turned out to be one of our favourite tunes as I proposed on New Years Eve and she said "I will", this was the tune we danced to at our wedding reception.

Had you not heard of a threesome ?!

It did cross my mind Cubie but Cheryl was the the only one talking to me after that night. Come to think of it she hasn't stopped talking since.

[Raybosailor]

23rd. November

1499 The Pretender to the throne, Flemish impostor Perkin Warbeck, was hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV.

1852 Britain's first four pillar boxes came into service on the Channel Island of Jersey. The idea came from English novelist Anthony Trollope who worked for the General Post Office in London before becoming a writer.

1915 ‘Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag’, the famous First World War song, was published, by Felix Powell and George Asaf, who were really two brothers from Wales.

1962 British surgeon John Charnley developed a technique at Wrightington Hospital Lancashire that revolutionised hip replacement operations. He was later knighted for his efforts and his work became the standard procedure across the world.

1963 The BBC broadcast the first ever episode of Doctor Who, starring William Hartnell as the Doctor, and Ann Ford as his first female companion.

1990 The death of the childrens author Roald Dahl, his most notable works include James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

1993 – Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year. I never did understand modern art.

Births
1887 Boris Karloff, English actor known for his role in Frankenstein films.
1948 Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager
1970 Zoë Ball, English radio and television host, daughter of Johnny Ball.

[qbman1]

23rd. November

Births
1887 Boris Karloff, English actor known for his role in Frankenstein films.
1948 Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager
1970 Zoë Ball, English radio and television host, daughter of Johnny Ball.

Any relation to Benny ?

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[Raybosailor]

24th. November.

1542 The English army defeated the Scots at the Battle of Solway Moss. It started as a family dispute when Henry VIII of England broke from the Roman Catholic Church and asked James V of Scotland, his nephew, to do the same, but James ignored his uncle's request.

1642 Abel Tasman,Dutch seafarer, explorer becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania) he then went on to discover New Zealand in December.

1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species".

1877 Anna Sewell's novel "Black Beauty" is published.

1991 Freddie Mercury, English rock singer, died at the age of 45, just one day after he publicly announced that he was HIV positive.

1993 The last 14 bottles of Scotch whisky salvaged from the SS Politician, wrecked in 1941 and the inspiration of the book and film, Whisky Galore, were sold at auction for £11,462.

Births
1806 William Webb Ellis, English clrgyman who created Rugby football,
the Rugby World Cup trophy is named after him.
1815 Grace Darling, lighthouse keeper’s daughter who rowed out in heavy seas to rescue survivors of the Forfarshire.
1941 Pete Best, drummer and songwriter, original drummer of The Beatles.
1942 Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor.
1955 Ian Botham, cricketer and footballer (Scunthorpe United).

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25th. November

1120 The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, the only legitimate son and heir of Henry I of England. The ship went down just off the coast of Barfleur which was one of the main ports in France at the time, it was also the port that the Normans departed from prior to the Battle of Hastings.

1194 Richard I of England (Lionheart) departed from Barfleur on return to England following his captivity by Henry VI.

1487 Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.

1823 The first pleasure pier, The Chain Pier at Brighton, opened. It closed in 1896 and was destroyed in a storm in the same year.

1941 HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II with the loss of 862 crewmen.

1952 Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It became the longest continuously running play in history.

1953 Hungary, led by their talented footballer Ferenc Pushkas, beat England 6-3 at Wembley to become the first foreign team to achieve an away win at Wembley.

1966 The first television link between Australia and the UK.

1984 Band Aid rock stars gathered at Sarm Studios in London to record 'Do They Know It's Christmas', to aid famine relief in Ethiopia

Births
1835 Andrew Carnegie, born in Dunfermline to very poor parents who emigrated in 1848 to the United States where he progressed to be one of the richest and powerful men in the States.
1942 Bob Lind, American folk music singer-songwriter best known for the hit "Elusive Butterfly".

[qbman1]

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