Today in History

[Daisy]

Brrrrr ..... Hopefully, this Easter won't break that particular record!

[Gemini]

1877

The first Human Cannonball Act was performed at London's Amphitheatre when acrobat Lady Zazal, attached by elastic springs, was fired into a safety net.

[Daisy]

Gem - I read that as 'electric springs' at first!! LOL Brave/foolish lady!

[Gemini]

1981

An emotional Aintree saw Bob Champion win the Grand National on Aldaniti. Champion, suffering from cancer, had been given eight months to live, while Aldaniti, who had led all the way, had been plagued with tendon problems and a broken back.

[Gemini]

1993

Following public disquiet, Queen Elizabeth II began paying income tax.

[Daisy]

I wonder if she has to do self-assessment?

[Gemini]

1739
English highwayman Dick Turpin was hanged in York for murdering an inn-keeper. Before becoming a highwayman, he had been a butcher's apprentice.


His grave was over the road from where my Nanna lived when I was a child.

[Gemini]

1969

Sikh busmen in Wolverhampton won the right to wear turbans on duty.

[Gemini]

1954

American, Bill Haley recorded 'Rock Around The Clock'. It was the first record to sell a million copies in Britain.

[Daisy]

Gem - all grown ups seemed to think Rock'n'roll was scandalous, and most teenagers adored it!

[Gemini]

1912

The formation of the Royal Flying Corps (later incorporated into the RAF).

[Gemini]

1912
The British built luxury liner Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic shortly before midnight, and sank in the early hours of the next morning. 1500 passengers and crew were killed.

[Daisy]

Evidence which wasn't known at the time suggests she should never have set sail in the first place.

[Gemini]

1802

William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy saw a 'long belt' of daffodils, inspiring him to pen 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'.

[Daisy]

I think Dorothy didn't get the credit she deserved in her support for her brother.