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Post by ARENA on Jul 11, 2015 9:03:03 GMT
11/7/1750 – Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
A Norwegian ship collided with a French munitions ship and the whole cargo went off, like a great fire bomb. I have a facs of the paper of the day, I bought it in Halifax...
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Post by ARENA on Jul 12, 2015 8:41:23 GMT
12/7/927 – Æthelstan, King of England, secures a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter will not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain.
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Post by ARENA on Jul 13, 2015 8:15:14 GMT
13/7/1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
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Post by scorp on Jul 13, 2015 21:22:50 GMT
Wasn't it originally erected to sell real estate?
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Post by ARENA on Jul 14, 2015 7:57:10 GMT
Yes.That was the company name........
14th July Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day
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Post by scorp on Jul 14, 2015 8:33:08 GMT
Le quatorze juillet - was also the anniversary of my first wedding...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2015 11:40:10 GMT
Le quatorze juillet - was also the anniversary of my first wedding... So, difficult to forget, even if you want to!
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Post by scorp on Jul 15, 2015 6:26:26 GMT
I should have been warned - she had a drip-dry wedding dress...
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Post by ARENA on Jul 15, 2015 8:09:08 GMT
15/7/1834 – The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
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Post by ARENA on Jul 16, 2015 8:05:24 GMT
16/7/1951 – The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company.
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Post by ARENA on Jul 17, 2015 8:05:51 GMT
17/7/1717 – King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
Not that's what I call a great advertising gimmick!
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Post by ARENA on Jul 19, 2015 8:11:28 GMT
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Post by ARENA on Jul 20, 2015 8:10:14 GMT
18/7/1954 – Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster,died.
I know cos I saw the film.........
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Post by ARENA on Jul 21, 2015 8:09:24 GMT
21/7/1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 14:56:06 GMT
Below the freezing point of CO2! That certainly needed an extra woolly jumper that morning.
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