Today in History

[Daisy]

i think it happened to pontypandy station on fireman sam once :d

:d :d :d :d :d

[Gemini]

1941

Islanders on the Hebrides hid thousands of bottles of shipwrecked whisky from government officials. The episode was celebrated in the film "Whisky Galore."

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2014

Thieves who had built a 50ft (15m) tunnel to a cash machine on Liverpool Road, Eccles, got away with more than £80,000. The complex nature of its structure could have taken months to excavate and echoes a similar raid in Fallowfield Shopping Precinct in January 2012. Police said they were looking for 'people acting suspiciously, possibly covered in soil.'

[Daisy]

Gem - that reminds me of a student on work experience at a bank (in the days when every high street had banks!). She'd been asked to load the ATM with cash. As she was doing this someone outside put their card in the machine and startled her and she screamed. The customer out in the street screamed in alarm as well. You really don't expect to get told off by a cash machine do you!

[Gemini]

1909

Selfridges store (named after its owner Harry Gordon Selfridge) was opened in London's Oxford Street. In September 1997 they opened their first store outside London when the Trafford Centre in Manchester opened.

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2001

According to a health survey, 16th March 2001 was the only day between 1993 and 2002 when nobody in the United Kingdom killed themselves.

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1984

The 130th Boat Race was postponed (for 24 hours) an hour before the start, after the Cambridge boat was in collision with a barge and sank.

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1967

The Torrey Canyon oil tanker, with a cargo of 100,000 gallons of crude oil, ran aground on rocks between Land's End and the Scilly Isles and its cargo discharged into the sea. The RAF and the Royal Navy were called in to napalm bomb the slick in an attempt to reduce the risk of pollution. In the weeks that followed the accident, oil escaped and spread along the shores of the south coast of England and the Normandy coast of France. Worst hit were the Cornish beaches of Marazion and Prah Sands, where sludge was up to a foot deep.

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1958

Britain’s first planetarium opened at Madame Tussaud’s, London.

[Daisy]

I remember taking the DSs there when we lived near London, and they thought it was the best place ever!

[Gemini]

1806

The foundation stone of Dartmoor prison in Devon was laid. It opened three years later to house French prisoners of war, but by 1850 the first convicts were being imprisoned.

[Gemini]

1990

A demonstration in London against the poll tax became a riot. More than 400 people were arrested.


1991

The government announced plans for a new property tax in place of the controversial poll tax.

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1956

Queen Elizabeth II laid the foundation stone of the new Coventry cathedral. The new building was built next to the remains of the 14th-century cathedral that had been destroyed in the 2nd World War.

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2020

Day one of the government 'lockdown' of Britain to try and curb the coronavirus epidemic. Yesterday evening's announcement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered people to stay at home, except for shopping for basic necessities, daily exercise, any medical need and for travelling to and from essential work for an initial period of three weeks. Shops selling non-essential goods were told to shut and gatherings in public of more than two people who do not live together were prohibited. The public were warned that if they did not follow the rules, police would have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings.

[Gemini]

1999

The 13 year old singer Charlotte Church became the youngest artist to enter the American top 30 album chart.