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On This Day
Interesting or historic events on this day in days of yore from the BBC.
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Wow, 30 April always seems to be fairly eventful. Thanks for the link Richard. :)
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Interesting events on this day in days of yore...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../2/default.stm |
Oh oh, General Belgrano! :eek:
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The Belgrano was a warship in a war zone and as such was a legitimate target. The rub for me was safe pot bellied journalists gloating about it in toilet paper news rags like the Sun. And that rag hasn't changed it's style one iota.
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Bob,
If you haven't already read it, I highly recommend, "Secrets of the Conqueror," by Stuart Prebble. He gives a fascinating insight into the submarine's activity pre- Falklands and of course, the sinking of General Belgrano. The political shenanigans around the whole episode are unbelievable! |
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Thanks of that, I'll give it a read.
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Another interesting day throughout history......
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../5/default.stm |
1955. Too late for Pa, unfortunately.
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I remember HRH's wedding. We had a 'day off' at School largest TV available (now would not look out of place in a small study) and 'cream teas etc. I remember it as fine and sunny but that may be the lenses.
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I remember the Polio inoculations, we lived in a house with a surgery attached, I got home one day, the whole garden was a queue of people waiting for Dad to Jab them. The Police supervising the queue let me through to the house door after a quick talk. The whole family ended up doing folding and stamping forms to get the paperwork done.
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The Buster Crabb mystery still crops up now and again. Within the last year in the Solent area, though I forget exactly what it was about. More speculation I think.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../9/default.stm |
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I have a vague family memory of the Sketch closing. This was the comic Ma took and was faced with the dilemma of choosing an alternative with news in it (The Mail I think).
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The Daily Mail took over the Daily Sketch and amalgamated it with the Mail.
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I often thought if the Troops had been puzzled as to why their hand held marine band two way radios had North American Weather Channels installed bearing in mind they were going the opposite way. In regards to Exocet the Government gave an enormous amount of money to MI6 to buy up every Exocet which was on the Market. |
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Rome liberation day among other interesting events on this day. One thing that didn't get a mention, was the fact that it was my Dads birthday (1913) :D
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../5/default.stm |
I can remember my Dad, who was in Italy at the time, not being overly impressed with General Mark Clark. He'd been ordered to cut off Kesselring's Army which was moving north following the Battle of Monte Casino, but decided to go for Rome instead. Kesselring was able to extract his army and build another defensive line in Northern Italy which pretty much stalemated the war in that country.
My Old Man referred to Clark with a word that rhymes with banker. |
Similar weather patterns today to 5th June 1944. The lull this year is expected on Wednesday, though.
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Probably the biggest day in military history.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../6/default.stm |
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Yes there will probably never be an amphibious landing on that scale again. Not far from where I live in Bude there is a monument on the promenade overlooking the harbour to the American Rangers who trained for D Day in the area. They had the unenviable task of scaling the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc in order to attack the heavy guns there.
The cliffs in this part of Cornwall are similar and were ideal for training. I've pottered about on them myself and they're not easy. To think of climbing them under fire is a very grim business, but those lads did it. |
Two big events on this day. The Battle of Midway, and the day that Tony Blair got handbagged by the Women's Institute :)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../7/default.stm |
The first time the Decca system was used was on the 6th June, there were only twenty sets available for the invasion fleet craft that were being used as Guide vessels which included the HDML 'Medusa'.
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It's hard to think of what more could have gone wrong with that operation. (Tiger.) I suppose the only consolation, and it certainly isn't much to the families of those who lost their lives, is that the mistakes that were made were rectified for the actual D Day landings.
One would hope so anyway. :( |
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