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Post by ARENA on Oct 8, 2014 7:52:25 GMT
8/10/1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
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Post by ARENA on Oct 9, 2014 9:02:10 GMT
9/10/1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
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Post by ARENA on Oct 10, 2014 8:29:23 GMT
10/10/2001 – Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on a British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
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Post by jimshoo on Oct 10, 2014 12:25:07 GMT
I can't even cheat my way to winning the pub quiz!
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Post by ARENA on Oct 11, 2014 9:45:43 GMT
11/10/1941 – Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with Germany.
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Post by ARENA on Oct 13, 2014 11:21:04 GMT
13/10/1898 – Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
Just to put you in the picture
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Post by ARENA on Oct 14, 2014 9:10:24 GMT
14/10/1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
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Post by ARENA on Oct 15, 2014 8:45:54 GMT
15/10/1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers
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Post by ARENA on Oct 16, 2014 9:28:21 GMT
16/10/1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
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Post by ARENA on Oct 17, 2014 8:40:04 GMT
17/10/1814 – Francis Scott Key finishes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", later to be the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
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Post by ARENA on Oct 18, 2014 8:20:04 GMT
18/10/1939 – The Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting.
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Post by ARENA on Oct 19, 2014 8:50:37 GMT
19/10/1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
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Post by ARENA on Oct 20, 2014 8:32:48 GMT
20/10/2014 Lynda Bellingham dead.
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Post by jimshoo on Oct 20, 2014 11:14:26 GMT
Sad isn't it.
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Post by goldelox on Oct 20, 2014 14:35:26 GMT
I too shall miss her jolly smile. RIP
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